Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īs

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īsą.

Noun

*īs n

ice

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*īs
Genitive	*īsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*īs	*īsu
Accusative	*īs	*īsu
Genitive	*īsas	*īsō
Dative	*īsē	*īsum
Instrumental	*īsu	*īsum

Descendants

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:
    - 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
- Middle High German: īs
  - Alemannic German: Iis, Is, Isch
    Alsatian: Iis; Eis (northern)
    Italian Walser: isch, éisch
  - Bavarian: ais
    Cimbrian: ais
    Mòcheno: ais
  - Central Franconian: Eis, Ies
    Hunsrik: Eis
    Luxembourgish: Äis
    Transylvanian Saxon: Ais
  - German: Eis
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Frankfurt: [ais]
    Pennsylvania German: Eis
  - Vilamovian: ajs
  - Yiddish: אײַז (ayz)