frosk - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

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)

  1. (dialectal) A frog.

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Noun

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frosk

  1. indefinite accusative singular of froskur

Noun

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frosk

  1. Alternative form of frossh

Norwegian Bokmål

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frosk - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (1)

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

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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)

  1. a frog (amphibian)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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frosk - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

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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)

  1. a frog (amphibian)

See also

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References

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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

  1. frog

Declension

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Declension of frosk (masculine a-stem)

Descendants

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References

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  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
frosk - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

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