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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Frīsan, whence also Old Frisian Frīsa and Old High German Frīson. The Proto-Germanic form is uncertain, since Old Norse frísir is an i-stem; thus the West Germanic form points to *frīsaniz, while Old Norse points to *frīsīz. Note that variants with ē exist, but the oldest sources attest that these are secondary developments; see especially Latin Frīsiī, attested since the first century.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Frīsan m pl
- the Frisians
- Frisia
- inflection of Frīsa
Declension
Weak:
References
- ^ Neumann, Günter (2008). Namenstudien zum Altgermanischen. Berlin: de Gruyter. p. 358