*fruskaz

Runic: ᚠᚱᚢᛊᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸrus.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

frog

Etymology

From pre-Proto-Germanic *prugʰskos, from Proto-Indo-European *prugʰ-ḱó-s, from *prewgʰ- (‘to leap’) + *-ḱós (animal suffix), possibly extended from *prew- (‘to jump’). Cognate with Proto-West Germanic *froggō (‘frog’), Old Norse frauðr (‘frog’); see *froggō for more.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.fruskazfruskōz, fruskōs
Acc.fruskąfruskanz
Gen.fruskas, fruskisfruskǫ̂
Dat.fruskaifruskamaz
Inst.fruskōfruskamiz
Voc.fruskfruskōz, fruskōs

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Descendants

  • *frosk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *frosk, *forsk (Old Dutch)
      • vorsch (Middle Dutch)
        • vors (Dutch)
        • vrósj (Limburgish)
  • *frosk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frosc, frox, forsc (Old English)
      • frosk, frosch (Middle English)
        • frosk, frosh (English)
  • *frosk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *frosk (Old Frisian)
      • froask (West Frisian)
  • *frosk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frosk, frosc (Old High German)
      • vrosch (Middle High German)
        • Frosch, Fruasch (Bavarian)
        • Frösch, Fräsch (Central Franconian)
        • Frosch (German)
        • Frosch, Fresch (Rhine Franconian)
  • *frosk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *frosk, *forsk (Old Saxon)
      • vorsch (Middle Low German)
        • Fuorsk, Frötske (German Low German)
  • froskr (Old Norse)
    • froskur (Faroese)
    • froskur (Icelandic)
    • frosk (Norwegian)
  • froskr (Old Norse)
    • frosk (Middle English)
      • frosk (English)
  • *brosca (Latin)
    • ? (Balkan Romance)
      • breshkë (Albanian)
      • broascã (Aromanian)
      • broască (Romanian)
  • *brosca (Latin)
    • ? (Gallo-Italic)
      • brosco (Lombard)

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