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Where does “frosk” come from?

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

frosk (Proto-West Germanic): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “frosk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfruskazfrog
2Proto-Indo-Europeanprew-to jump

Words derived from “frosk”

  • Knallfrosch
  • Froschmann
  • Teichfrosch
  • Frosch
  • frosc
  • vrosch
  • froask
  • frosk
  • vrosch
  • Frosch
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