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Difficult to say. In my language (Dutch) it is ijsberg, "ijs" meaning "ice" and "berg" meaning "mountain". More likely the word comes from one of the Scandinavian countries.

In Sweden and Norway it is "Isberg", in Denmark it is "Isbjerg".

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The word "iceberg" comes from the Old Norse language. It is a combination of the words "ís" which means "ice" and "berg" which means "mountain."

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