Etymograph

English

frogtie

frog + tie, perhaps modelled on earlier hogtie.

A compound of frog + tie

Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump’

Proto-West Germanic *froggō

Old English frocga

Middle English frogge ‘a frog or toad’

English frog

Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull’

Proto-Germanic *taugō ‘cord’

Proto-West Germanic *taugu

Old English tēag ‘cord’

Middle English teye ‘cord’

English tie

Today it means

verb To tie the ankles of (a person) to their thighs, bending their knees 180°.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / frogtie