Etymology

iceboating

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Today it means: The act of travelling in a iceboat. Full definition →

English boat ← Middle English is ← Old English īs
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-so-
  3. Proto-Germanic*īsą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*īs
  5. Old Englishīs
  6. Middle Englishis
  7. Englishice
  8. Englishboat
  9. English todayiceboating

From ice + boat + -ing.

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