Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “prustós”

63 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European prustós — including frost, frosty, frosted, frosting, permafrost, frostbite, frostbitten, defrost.

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English (28)

German (5)

Esperanto (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Ido (2)

Old English (2)

Middle English (2)

Swedish (1)

Icelandic (1)

Danish (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Spanish (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Middle High German (1)