Where does “Frost” come from?

Frost (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle High German vrost, from Old High German frost, from Proto-West Germanic *frost, from Proto-Germanic frustaz, from Proto-Indo-European prustós — frost.

Frost (Plautdietsch): frost

Definitions

  1. frost

Ancestry of “Frost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvrost—
2Old High Germanfrostfrost
3Proto-West Germanic*frost—
4Proto-Germanicfrustazcold; frost; freezing weather; frost; rime
5Proto-Indo-Europeanprustósfrost
Every word from Proto-Indo-European prustós →Every word from Proto-Germanic frustaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *frost →