Where does “frīgus” come from?

frīgus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European sriges-.

frīgus (Latin): cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness

Definitions

  1. cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness

Ancestry of “frīgus”, step by step

frīgus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European sriges-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansriges-—

via Proto-Indo-European sriHgos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeansriHgoscold, frost

via Proto-Italic *srīgos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*srīgos—

Words derived from “frīgus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sriges- →