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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Eis

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Eis
Friedrich Kluge2506775An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E — Eis1891John Francis Davis

Eis, n., ‘ice,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. îs, n.; a word common to Teut.; comp. Du. ijs, AS. îs, E. ice, OIc. íss, ‘ice’ (Goth. *eisa is by chance not recorded). Outside the Teut. group no term identical with this can be found. It is still undecided whether it is cognate with Eisen (root ī̆s ‘to shine’?) or with Zend isi (‘ice’?).