English
Frisian
Frisian comes from Old French frison ‘a Frisian’, and goes back to Latin Frīsiī.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEFrīsiī‘Frisians’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400frison‘a Frisian’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Frisoun
- Englishearliest quotation 1961Frisian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEFrīsiī‘Frisians’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400frison‘a Frisian’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Frisoun
- Englishearliest quotation 1961Frisian
Earliest quotation: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, Beowulf: “King Hygelac of the Geats had been struck down…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *prews- ‘to freeze’
frozen, freeze, frost, prurient, pruritus, 7 more
through Proto-Germanic *frisaz ‘curly, frizzy’
Today it means
name The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Frīsiī / Frisian