Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “frankō”

262 words across 46 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic frankō — including English, French, Frank, frankly, frankness, Frankish, french, Sheng.

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English (164)

German (22)

Middle English (10)

Old English (5)

Scots (4)

Spanish (4)

Zulu (3)

Swedish (3)

Arabic (2)

French (2)

Japanese (2)

Afar (2)

Tausug (2)

Marshallese (2)

Jingpho (2)

Tamil (2)

Malayalam (2)

Norwegian (1)

Danish (1)

Baldemu (1)

Portuguese (1)

American Sign Language (1)

Swahili (1)

Old High German (1)

British English (1)

Burmese (1)

Translingual (1)

Finnish (1)

Middle High German (1)

Esperanto (1)

Malagasy (1)

Cebuano (1)

Choctaw (1)

Romanian (1)

Maori (1)

Hausa (1)

Kildin Sami (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Hindi (1)

Punjabi (1)

Telugu (1)

Kannada (1)

Thai (1)

Cherokee (1)

Manipuri (1)

Korean (1)