Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fruskaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *fruþskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Compare *frauþaz (> Old Norse frauðr), *fruþgô (> Old English frocga).

Noun

*fruskaz m

frog

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *fruskaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fruskaz	fruskōz, fruskōs
vocative	*frusk	fruskōz, fruskōs
accusative	*fruską	*fruskanz
genitive	fruskas, fruskis	*fruskǫ̂
dative	*fruskai	*fruskamaz
instrumental	*fruskō	*fruskamiz

Synonyms

*fraukô
*frauþaz
*fruþga
*fruþgô

Descendants

Old English: frosċ, frox, forsċ
- Middle English: frosch
  - English: frosh
Old Frisian: *frosk
- West Frisian: froask
Old Saxon: *frosk, *forsk
- Middle Low German: vorsch
  - German Low German: Fuorsk (Münsterland); Frötske (Krummhörn/Ostfriesland)
Old Dutch: *frosk, *forsk
- Middle Dutch: vorsch
  - Dutch: vors
Old High German: frosk, frosc
- Middle High German: vrosch
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: bròss, vrosch
  - German: Frosch
  - Luxembourgish: Fräsch
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Frosch
Old Norse: froskr
- Icelandic: froskur
- Faroese: froskur
- Norwegian: frosk
- → Middle English: frosk
  - English: frosk