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Where does “*frost” come from?

*frost (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic frustaz, from Proto-Indo-European prustós — frost.

Ancestry of “*frost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfrustazcold; frost; freezing weather; frost; rime
2Proto-Indo-Europeanprustósfrost
Every word from Proto-Indo-European prustós →