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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/friskaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *preyskos (fresh, unsalted), and cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *prēˀskas (unleavened, unfermented, unsalted) (though there are phonetic difficulties).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸris.kɑz/

Adjective

*friskaz

  1. fresh
  2. (of water) not salty, unsalted

Inflection


Descendants

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*friskaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) “prėskas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370
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