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Where does “vrosch” come from?

vrosch (Cimbrian) comes from Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosc, from Proto-West Germanic frosk, from Proto-Germanic fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European prew- — to jump.

vrosch (Cimbrian): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “vrosch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvrosch—
2Old High Germanfroscfrog
3Proto-West Germanicfroskfrog
4Proto-Germanicfruskazfrog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanprew-to jump
Every word from Proto-Indo-European prew- →