Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frisk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *friskaz.

Adjective

*frisk

fresh
unsalted (of water)

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*frisk
Genitive	*friskas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*frisk	*frisku	*frisk
Accusative	*friskanā	*friskā	*frisk
Genitive	*friskas	*friskeʀā	*friskas
Dative	*friskumē	*friskeʀē	*friskumē
Instrumental	*frisku	*friskeʀu	*frisku
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*friskē	*friskō	*frisku
Accusative	*friskā	*friskā	*frisku
Genitive	*friskeʀō	*friskeʀō	*friskeʀō
Dative	friskēm, friskum	friskēm, friskum	friskēm, friskum
Instrumental	friskēm, friskum	friskēm, friskum	friskēm, friskum

Descendants

Old English: fersċ
- Middle English: fersh, fresch, fresk, freche, versh
  - Scots: fresch, frech, freish
  - English: fresh
  - → Welsh: ffres
Old Frisian: fersk
- North Frisian: fersck
- Saterland Frisian: frisk
- West Frisian: farsk
Old Saxon: *frisk, *fersk
- Middle Low German: vrisch, versch
  - Low German: frisk
  - → Icelandic: frískur
  - → Faroese: frískur
  - → Danish: frisk
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: frisk
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: frisk
  - → Swedish: frisk
  - → Estonian: priske
Old Dutch: *frisc
- Middle Dutch: versch, varsch
  - Dutch: vers
    - Afrikaans: vars
  - Limburgish: vèrsj
Old High German: frisc
- Middle High German: vrisch
  - German: frisch
    - → Hungarian: friss
  - Luxembourgish: frësch
  - Vilamovian: fryś
  - Yiddish: פֿריש‎ (frish)
  - → Middle Dutch: vrisch, frisch
    - Dutch: fris
      - Afrikaans: fris
      - → West Frisian: fris
    - → Walloon: frisse
→ Medieval Latin: friscus (see there for further descendants)