frosk

English

Etymology

From Middle English frosk, from Old English frosc, frox (frog) and Old Norse froskr (frog); both from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, *fruþskaz (frog), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (to jump, hop). Doublet of frosh.

Noun

frosk (plural frosks)

  1. (dialectal) A frog.

Anagrams

Icelandic

Noun

frosk

  1. indefinite accusative singular of froskur

Middle English

Noun

frosk

  1. Alternative form of frossh

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (jump, hop).

Noun

frosk m (definite singular frosken, indefinite plural frosker, definite plural froskene)

  1. a frog (amphibian)

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (jump, hop).

Noun

frosk m (definite singular frosken, indefinite plural froskar, definite plural froskane)

  1. a frog (amphibian)

See also

References

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frosk.

Noun

frosk m

  1. frog

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
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