Roots/*h₁eyH-h₁eyH-“ice, frost”Widely acceptedwaterliquidnatureicePIE root for ice and frost. Ancestral to English "ice" and Germanic words for frozen water.Related Roots(s)teh₂n-“to thunder”Hreg-“to wet, to rain”angʷʰi-“eel, snake, water-serpent”bʰerǵ-s-“to protect by enclosing”bʰew-sis-“nature, growth, being”bʰew-tú-“growth, nature, coming-to-be”bʰleh₁-“to blow, to puff”bʰlewH-“to overflow, to well up”