English
Frise
Frise comes from Middle English Frīse ‘Frisia’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Frīsô.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Frīsô‘a member of the Frisii’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Frīsō‘a Frisian’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Frīsa
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Frīse‘Frisia’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820Frise
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Frīsô‘a member of the Frisii’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Frīsō‘a Frisian’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Frīsa
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Frīse‘Frisia’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820Frise
Earliest quotation: 1820, Henry Smithers: “The kingdom of the Netherlands was declared by the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *frisaz ‘curly’
Today it means
noun Frisia: (historical) a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and Germany
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Frīsô / Frise