Where does “vriesvak” come from?

vriesvak (Dutch) comes from Dutch vriezen, from Middle Dutch vriesen, from Old Dutch friesan, from Proto-West Germanic freusan, from Proto-Germanic freusaną, from Proto-Indo-European prews- — to freeze; frost.

vriesvak (Dutch): A freezer compartment within a refrigerator...

Definitions

  1. A freezer compartment within a refrigerator...

Ancestry of “vriesvak”, step by step

vriesvak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vriezen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvriezento freeze
2Middle Dutchvriesento freeze
3Old Dutchfriesanto freeze
4Proto-West Germanicfreusanto freeze
5Proto-Germanicfreusanąto freeze
6Proto-Indo-Europeanprews-to freeze; frost

via Dutch vak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvakA compartment; A subject, discipline, class,...
2Middle Dutchvac
3Old Dutchfakcompartment
4Proto-West Germanicfakdivision, compartment; period, interval
5Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European prews-
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