Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/īsą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-, from *h₁eyH- (ice).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*īsą n

  1. ice
  2. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune (i)

Inflection

Declension of *īsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *īsą *īsō
vocative *īsą *īsō
accusative *īsą *īsō
genitive *īsas, *īsis *īsǫ̂
dative *īsai *īsamaz
instrumental *īsō *īsamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *īs
    • Old English: īs, ys, ᛁᛋ (is)Near Fakenham plaque
      • Middle English: is, ise, yes, yce, yys, ys, ijs, yse, ysz, hyse, hyys, ice, isse, ysse, yis
        • English: ice (see there for further descendants)
        • Scots: ice
    • Old Frisian: īs
      • North Frisian: Iis, Is, is
      • Saterland Frisian: Ies
      • West Frisian: iis
    • Old Saxon: īs
      • Middle Low German: îs
        • Low German: Ies
          • German Low German: Ies
            • Plautdietsch: Iess
    • Old Dutch: *īs
      • Middle Dutch: ijs
        • Dutch: ijs
          • Afrikaans: ys
          • Petjo: es
          • Caribbean Javanese: ès
          • Indonesian: es
          • Papiamentu: eis
          • Sranan Tongo: èisi, hèisi
            • Aukan: eisi
            • Saramaccan: eísí
        • Limburgish: ies
    • Old High German: īs
  • Old Norse: íss (< *īsaz)
    • Icelandic: ís
    • Faroese: ísur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: is
    • Elfdalian: ais
    • Old Swedish: īs
      • Swedish: is
    • Danish: is
    • Gutnish: eis, h'eis

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*īsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271