Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frosk

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 *fruskaz.

Noun

*frosk m

frog

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frosk	froskō, froskōs
Accusative	*frosk	*froskā
Genitive	*froskas	*froskō
Dative	*froskē	*froskum
Instrumental	*frosku	*froskum

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
  - Limburgish: vrósj
Old High German: frosk, frosc
- Middle High German: vrosch
  - Cimbrian: bross, vrosch
  - German: Frosch
  - Hunsrik: Frosch
  - Luxembourgish: Fräsch
  - Pennsylvania German: Frosch