Where does “Frīsland” come from?
Frīsland (Old English) comes from Old Frisian Frīsa, from Esperanto friso, from French frison, from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium.
Frīsland (Old English): Frisia
Definitions
- Frisia
Ancestry of “Frīsland”, step by step
Frīsland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Frisian Frīsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | Frīsa | — |
| 2 | Esperanto | friso | frieze; Frisian |
| 3 | French | frison | a lock of hair; Frisian, from or pertaining to... |
| 4 | French | Frise | — |
| 5 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 6 | Italian | fris | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 8 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 9 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | κῦμα | swell, wave, billow; fetus, embryo |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | kūmə | swell, wave |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱúh₁mn̥ | — |