Where does “frosk” come from?

frosk (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic frosk, from Proto-Germanic fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European prew- — to jump.

frosk (Old High German): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “frosk”, step by step

frosk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic frosk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfroskfrog
2Proto-Germanicfruskazfrog
3Proto-Indo-Europeanprew-to jump

via Proto-Germanic *frosk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*frosk—

Words derived from “frosk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European prew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fruskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic frosk →