Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/friskaz
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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
Adjective
*friskaz
Inflection
Declension of *friskaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *friskaz | *friskai | *friskō | *friskôz | *friską, -atō | *friskō |
| Accusative | *friskanǭ | *friskanz | *friskǭ | *friskōz | *friską, -atō | *friskō |
| Genitive | *friskas, -is | *friskaizǫ̂ | *friskaizōz | *friskaizǫ̂ | *friskas, -is | *friskaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *friskammai | *friskaimaz | *friskaizōi | *friskaimaz | *friskammai | *friskaimaz |
| Instrumental | *friskanō | *friskaimiz | *friskaizō | *friskaimiz | *friskanō | *friskaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *friskô | *friskaniz | *friskǭ | *friskōniz | *friskô | *friskōnō |
| Accusative | *friskanų | *friskanunz | *friskōnų | *friskōnunz | *friskô | *friskōnō |
| Genitive | *friskiniz | *friskanǫ̂ | *friskōniz | *friskōnǫ̂ | *friskiniz | *friskanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *friskini | *friskammaz | *friskōni | *friskōmaz | *friskini | *friskammaz |
| Instrumental | *friskinē | *friskammiz | *friskōnē | *friskōmiz | *friskinē | *friskammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *frisk
- Old Norse: ferskr
- → Vulgar Latin: *friscum (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*friskaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
- ^ 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