Where does “frisk” come from?

frisk (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic frisk, from Proto-Germanic friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European preysk- — fresh.

Ancestry of “frisk”, step by step

frisk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic frisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfriskfresh; unsalted
2Proto-Germanicfriskazfresh; not salty, unsalted
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpreysk-fresh

via Proto-Germanic *frisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*frisk—

Words derived from “frisk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European preysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic friskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic frisk →