English

frost pocket

From frost + pocket.

A compound of frost + pocket

Proto-Indo-European *prews- ‘to freeze’

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Proto-Germanic *frustaz

Proto-West Germanic *frost

Old English frost

Middle English frost ‘Cold or freezing weather’

English frost

Proto-Germanic *puhô ‘bag; pouch’

Frankish *pokō ‘pouch’

Anglo-Norman poket

Middle English pocket ‘bag, sack’

Today it means

noun Synonym of frost hollow.

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

Etymograph / frost pocket