An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. To change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat; become hardened into ice.
   
2. Become hardened into a solid body. → coagulate.

Etymology (EN): Freeze, from O.E. freosan “turn to ice,” from P.Gmc. *freusanan (cf. O.H.G. friosan, Ger. frieren “to freeze”), from *freus-, from PIE base *preus- “to freeze” also “to burn” (cf. Skt. pruśva- “hoar-frost, ice;” L. pruina “hoar-frost,” Skt. pruśta- “burnt;” Albanian prus “burning coals;” L. pruna “a live coal”).

Etymology (PE): 1) Yax bastan, from yax “ice” + bastan “to bind, shut; to congeal, coagulate.” The first component yax, from Av. aexa- “ice, frost,” isav-, isu- “icy, chilly,” cf. Sarikoli (Pamir dialect) īš “cold,”
P.Gmc. *isa- (O.N. iss, O.Fris. is, Du. ijs, Ger. Eis). The second component bastan, from Mid.Pers. bastan/vastan “to bind, shut;” Av./O.Pers. band- “to bind, fetter,” banda- “band, tie” (cf.
Skt. bandh- “to bind, tie, fasten;” PIE *bhendh- “to bind;” Ger. binden; E. bind). 2) Rocidan, → coagulate.