Where does “Frīsland” come from?
Frīsland (Middle English) comes from Old English Frīsland, from Old Frisian Frīsa, from Esperanto friso, from French frison, from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum — swell, wave.
Ancestry of “Frīsland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | Frīsland | Frisia |
| 2 | Old Frisian | Frīsa | — |
| 3 | Esperanto | friso | frieze; Frisian |
| 4 | French | frison | a lock of hair; Frisian, from or pertaining to... |
| 5 | French | Frise | — |
| 6 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 7 | Italian | fris | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 9 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 10 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | κῦμα | swell, wave, billow; fetus, embryo |
| 15 | Proto-Hellenic | kūmə | swell, wave |