Where does “vorst” come from?

vorst (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch frost, from Proto-West Germanic *frost, from Proto-Germanic frustaz, from Proto-Indo-European prustós — frost.

vorst (Middle Dutch): frost, icy cold

Definitions

  1. frost, icy cold

Ancestry of “vorst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfrost—
2Proto-West Germanic*frost—
3Proto-Germanicfrustazcold; frost; freezing weather; frost; rime
4Proto-Indo-Europeanprustósfrost

Words derived from “vorst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European prustós →Every word from Proto-Germanic frustaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *frost →