Etymograph

English

iced

Iced comes from English ice ‘noun’, from Old English īs ‘ice’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eyH-so-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*īsą1‘ice’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*īs1‘ice’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150īs1‘ice’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500is1
  6. English1500–presentice1‘noun’
  7. Englishtodayiced1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English iced

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eyH-so-Wiktionary, English icedreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*īsąWiktionary, English iced‘ice’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*īsWiktionary, English iced‘ice’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150īsWiktionary, English iced‘ice’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500isWiktionary, English iced
  6. English1500–presenticeWiktionary, English iced‘noun’
  7. EnglishtodayicedWiktionary, English iced

Linked words

through Old English īs ‘ice’

ice

through Middle English is

is

Today it means

adj With ice added.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “iced”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so- / iced

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