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Where does “brog” come from?

brog (Kriol) comes from English frog, from Old English frocga, from Proto-Germanic froggō.

brog (Kriol): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “brog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfrogA small tailless amphibian of the order Anura...
2Old Englishfrocgafrog
3Proto-Germanicfroggō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic froggō →