Where does “фриз” come from?
фриз (Russian) comes from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ, from Ancient Greek περίζωμα — to push, to hit.
фриз (Russian): Frisian; API • m inan; frieze
Definitions
- Frisian; API • m inan; frieze
Ancestry of “фриз”, step by step
фриз traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French Frise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Frise | — |
| 2 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 3 | Italian | fris | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 5 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 6 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 10 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English freeze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | freeze | Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to... |
| 2 | Middle English | fresen | To freeze; to become frozen or reach freezing... |
| 3 | Old English | frēosan | to freeze |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | freusan | to freeze |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | freusaną | to freeze |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | prews- | to freeze; frost |
via Old Frisian Frēsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | Frēsa | — |