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Where does “frosċ” come from?

frosċ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European prew- — to jump.

frosċ (Old English): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “frosċ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfruskazfrog
2Proto-Indo-Europeanprew-to jump

Words derived from “frosċ”

  • frosh
  • frosk
  • prefrosh
  • frosk
  • frossh
  • frosch
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