Where does “frysen” come from?

frysen (Middle English) comes from Old French friser, from Frankish fris, from Proto-Germanic frisaz — curled; curly; crisp.

Ancestry of “frysen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfriser
2Frankishfriscurl
3Proto-Germanicfrisazcurled; curly; crisp
Every word from Proto-Germanic frisaz