Where does “Froag” come from?

Froag (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German vrâge, from Old Saxon frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Froag (Plautdietsch): question, inquiry

Definitions

  1. question, inquiry

Ancestry of “Froag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvrâgequestion
2Old Saxonfrāgaquestion
3Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
4Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →