i̯eg- (*ḫeik-)

    i̯eg- (*ḫeik-)

    English meaning: ice

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Eis”

    Note: only Gmc. and Celt. Root i̯eg- (*ḫeik): “ice” derived from an extended Root okʷ- : to see; eye”.

    Material: old N.. jaki m. (*ekan- < *jekan-) “Eisstũck”, compare Swiss jäch, gicht (= gejicht) “ hoarfrost, gefrorener Tau auf Bäumen”; demin. formation altN.. jǫkull m. “ hanging down icicle, glacier “; O.E. gicel(a) m. “icicle, Eisscholle”, Eng. icicle = O.E. īses gicel, O.N. ichilla ‘stiria”, N.Ger. īshekel, jäkel “icicle” (M.L.G. jokele ds. dũrfte from dem Nord. derive); O.H.G. ihilla (= *jichilla) ‘stiria”; Maybe Alb. (*ḫekul) akull “ice”, later abbreviated (*ḫekul) hell “icicle” : old N.. jǫkull m. “ hanging down icicle, glacier “ [Alb. has preserved the old laryngeal ḫ-]. M.Ir. aig f. (gen. ega) “ice” (*i̯egi-s), Welsh iü m. ds., iaen (*i̯eginü) “glacicula”, O.Corn. iey gl. glaties, iein gl. frigus, M.Corn. yeyn, yen “cold”, br. ien “cold”. Das a in M.Ir. aig is from e before paLat. g originated, das a in den Brit. forms whereas through den alteration from anlaut. je- to ja- to define; compare under i̯et-; about Hitt. e-ku-na-š “cold” compare Pedersen Hitt. 171.

    References: WP. I 206; Schweiz. Idiotikon II 112 f., 1120, III 5, IV 1010.