Where does “фриз” come from?
фриз (Ukrainian) comes from West Frisian Fries, from Old Frisian Frīsa, from Esperanto friso, from French frison, from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum — to push, to hit.
фриз (Ukrainian): frieze
Definitions
- frieze
Ancestry of “фриз”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Frisian | Fries | Frisian person |
| 2 | Old Frisian | Frīsa | — |
| 3 | Esperanto | friso | frieze; Frisian |
| 4 | French | frison | a lock of hair; Frisian, from or pertaining to... |
| 5 | French | Frise | — |
| 6 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 7 | Italian | fris | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 9 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 10 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 14 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |