Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fruskaz

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Proto-Germanic

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”).[1]

Noun

*fruskaz m

  1. frog

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *fruskaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fruskaz *fruskōz, *fruskōs
vocative *frusk *fruskōz, *fruskōs
accusative *fruską *fruskanz
genitive *fruskas, *fruskis *fruskǫ̂
dative *fruskai *fruskamaz
instrumental *fruskō *fruskamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “Fruska-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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