Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fruskaz

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.

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”).^[1] Cognate with Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”), Old Norse frauðr (“frog”); see *froggō for more.^[2]

*fruskaz m^[2]

1. frog

• Proto-West Germanic: *frosk
  • Old English: frosc, frox, forsc
    • Middle English: frosk, frosch
      • English: frosk, frosh
  • Old Frisian: *frosk
    • West Frisian: froask
  • Old Saxon: *frosk, *forsk
    • Middle Low German: vorsch
      • German Low German: Fuorsk (Münsterland); Frötske (Krummhörn, Ostfriesland)
  • Old Dutch: *frosk, *forsk
    • Middle Dutch: vorsch
      • Dutch: vors
      • Limburgish: vrósj
  • Old High German: frosk, frosc
    • Middle High German: vrosch
      • Bavarian: Frosch, Fruasch

        Cimbrian: vross, bross, vrosch

      • Central Franconian: Frösch, Fräsch

        Hunsrik: Frosch

        Luxembourgish: Fräsch

      • German: Frosch
      • Rhine Franconian: Frosch, Fresch

        Frankfurterisch:

        Pennsylvania German: Frosch

• Old Norse: froskr
  • Icelandic: froskur
  • Faroese: froskur
  • Norwegian: frosk
  • → Middle English: frosk
    • English: frosk