Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iceward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ice-ward
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Towards the ice

Example Sentences

"Billy flashing the blade of the stick back down iceward (slap), and rocketing the hard black puck against the plain pine boards staked up against the wall of Mr. H.'s house (ka-BOOM!)."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English iceward From ice + -ward.

Questions

What does iceward mean?: Towards the ice
Where does iceward come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English iceward From ice + -ward.

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