Etymograph

English

frosk

Frosk comes from Old English frosc ‘frog’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *fruskaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fruskaz‘frog’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*froskreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150frosc‘frog’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frosk
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fruskaz‘frog’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*froskreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150frosc‘frog’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frosk
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump, hop’

frog, frolic, 1 more

through Old English frosc ‘frog’

frosh

Today it means

noun A frog.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fruskaz / frosk

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