Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
- 1.3 Anagrams
- 2 Icelandic
- 2.1 Noun
- 3 Middle English
- 3.1 Noun
- 4 Norwegian Bokmål
- 4.1 Etymology
- 4.2 Noun
- 4.3 See also
- 4.4 References
- 5 Norwegian Nynorsk
- 5.1 Etymology
- 5.2 Noun
- 5.3 See also
- 5.4 References
- 6 Old High German
- 6.1 Alternative forms
- 6.2 Etymology
- 6.3 Noun
- 6.3.1 Declension
- 6.3.2 Descendants
- 6.4 References
English
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Etymology
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From Middle English frosk, from Old English frosc, frox (“frog”) and Old Norse froskr (“frog”); both from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, *fruþskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Doublet of frosh.
Noun
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frosk (plural frosks)
Anagrams
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Icelandic
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Noun
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frosk
Middle English
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Noun
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frosk
- Alternative form of frossh
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
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From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).
Noun
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froskm (definite singular frosken, indefinite plural frosker, definite plural froskene)
- a frog (amphibian)
See also
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References
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- “frosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Etymology
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From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).
Noun
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froskm (definite singular frosken, indefinite plural froskar, definite plural froskane)
- a frog (amphibian)
See also
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References
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- “frosk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From Proto-West Germanic *frosk.
Noun
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froskm
Declension
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Declension of frosk (masculine a-stem)
case | singular | plural |
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nominative | frosk | froska |
accusative | frosk | froska |
genitive | froskes | frosko |
dative | froske | froskum |
instrumental | frosku | — |
Descendants
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- Middle High German: vrosch
References
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- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
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