Where does “frek” come from?

frek (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic frek, from Proto-Germanic frekaz, from Proto-Indo-European pereg-.

Ancestry of “frek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfrekgreedy
2Proto-Germanicfrekazgreedy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpereg-—

Words derived from “frek”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pereg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frekaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic frek →