is
Middle English
/iːs/, /is/
noun
Definitions
- ice frozen water:
- (rare) That which is short-lived like ice.
- (rare) icy conditions
Etymology
Inherited from Old English īs (ice) inherited from Proto-Germanic *īsą (ice) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyHsom (ice).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁éyHsom
Gloss
ice
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
氷
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Iceland English
- anti-ice English
- anti-icer English
- artificial ice English
- de-ice English
- dead ice English
- deice English
- ice English
- ice bag English
- ice bear English
- ice cider English
- ice circle English
- ice disc English
- ice disk English
- ice dragon boat English
- ice dragon boating English
- ice drop English
- ice perry English
- ice swimmer English
- ice-calm English
- ice-cold English
- ice-free English
- ice-jack English
- ice-out English
- ice-saw English
- iceane English
- iceball English
- icebelt English
- icebird English
- iceblink English
- iceblock English
- iceboard English
- iceboat English
- iceboating English
- icebound English
- icebox English
- icebreaker English
- icebreaking English
- icecrete English
- icecross English
- iced English
- icedrake English
- icefall English
- icefish English
- icefloe English
- icefoot English
- icehouse English
- iceless English
- icelight English
- icelike English
- icemaker English
- icemaking English
- iceman English
- icemelt English
- icen English
- icequake English
- icer English
- icescape English
- icestone English
- icestorm English
- icetime English
- iceward English
- icewards English
- iceway English
- icicle English
- icy English
- is English
- isn't English
- isness English
- iswas English
- nonice English
- synthetic ice English
- ijs Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁éyHsom Proto-Indo-European
- *isti Proto-Germanic
- *īsą Proto-Germanic
- アイス Japanese
- is Old English
- isceald Old English
- isearn Old English
- isig Old English
- isiht Old English
- īs Old English
- Iseland Middle English
- ikil Middle English
- isykle Middle English
- land Middle English
- íss Old Norse
- Ísland Icelandic
- ice drop Cebuano
- is Old High German
- īs Old High German
- ais Malay
- *īs gmw-pro
- *īs Old Dutch
- 아이스 Korean
- aej Marshallese
- aij Marshallese
- īs Old Frisian
- i Tok Pisin
- ais Brunei Malay
- aes Bislama
- අයිස් Sinhala, Sinhalese