Proto-Indo-European

*prew-

‘to jump’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *prew-.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *prew-, most familiar first.

• frog ← frogge ← frocga ← *froggō
• frolic ← vrolijk ← vrolijc ← frōlīk ← *frawalīkaz
• frosh ← frossh ← frosc ← *frosk ← *fruskaz
• frosk ← frosc ← *fruskaz
• freudenfreude ← Freude ← vröude ← frewida ← *frawiþō

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *prew-