*friskaz

Runic: ᚠᚱᛁᛊᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸris.kɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

fresh
not salty, unsalted

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *preyskos (‘fresh, unsalted’), and cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *prēˀskas (‘unleavened, unfermented, unsalted’) (though there are phonetic difficulties).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	friskaz	friskō	friską, -atō	friskai	friskôz	friskō
Acc.	friskanǭ	friskǭ	friską, -atō	friskanz	friskōz	friskō
Gen.	friskas, -is	friskaizōz	friskas, -is	friskaizǫ̂	friskaizǫ̂	friskaizǫ̂
Dat.	friskammai	friskaizōi	friskammai	friskaimaz	friskaimaz	friskaimaz
Inst.	friskanō	friskaizō	friskanō	friskaimiz	friskaimiz	friskaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	friskô	friskǭ	friskô	friskaniz	friskōniz	friskōnō
Acc.	friskanų	friskōnų	friskô	friskanunz	friskōnunz	friskōnō
Gen.	friskiniz	friskōniz	friskiniz	friskanǫ̂	friskōnǫ̂	friskanǫ̂
Dat.	friskini	friskōni	friskini	friskammaz	friskōmaz	friskammaz
Inst.	friskinē	friskōnē	friskinē	friskammiz	friskōmiz	friskammiz

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Descendants

*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *frisc (Old Dutch)
  - versch, varsch (Middle Dutch)
    - vèrsj (Limburgish)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *frisc (Old Dutch)
  - versch, varsch (Middle Dutch)
    - vers (Dutch)
      - vars (Afrikaans)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- fersċ (Old English)
  - fersh, fresch, fresk, freche, versh (Middle English)
    - fresh (English)
    - fresch, frech, freish (Scots)
    - ffres (Welsh)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- fersk (Old Frisian)
  - fersck (North Frisian)
  - frisk (Saterland Frisian)
  - farsk (West Frisian)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- frisc (Old High German)
  - vrisch (Middle High German)
    - frësch (Luxembourgish)
    - fryś (Vilamovian)
    - פֿריש (frish) (Yiddish)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- frisc (Old High German)
  - vrisch (Middle High German)
    - frisch (German)
      - friss (Hungarian)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- frisc (Old High German)
  - vrisch (Middle High German)
    - vrisch, frisch, frisc (Middle Dutch)
      - frisse (Walloon)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- frisc (Old High German)
  - vrisch (Middle High German)
    - vrisch, frisch, frisc (Middle Dutch)
      - fris (Dutch)
        
        fris (Afrikaans)
        
        fris (West Frisian)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- frisc (Old High German)
  - vrisch (Middle High German)
    - vrisch, frisch, frisc (Middle Dutch)
      - frisque, fricque, frique, friche (Middle French)
        
        frisque (French)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- frisc (Old High German)
  - vrisch (Middle High German)
    - vrisch, frisch, frisc (Middle Dutch)
      - frisque, fricque, frique, friche (Middle French)
        
        frisk (Middle English)
        
        frisk (English)
*frisk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *frisk, *fersk (Old Saxon)
  - vrisch, versch (Middle Low German)
    - frisk (Danish)
    - priske (Estonian)
    - frískur (Faroese)
    - frískur (Icelandic)
    - frisch, fersch (Low German)
    - frisk (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - frisk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - frišă (Polabian)
    - frisk (Swedish)
ferskr (Old Norse)
- feskur (Faroese)
- ferskur (Icelandic)
- fersk (Norwegian Bokmål)
- fersk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- färsk (Swedish)
ferskr (Old Norse)
- færsk (Old Danish)
  - fersk (Danish)
*friscum (Vulgar Latin)

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