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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Cognate with Old Norse frauðr, frauki (“frog”), both perhaps from Proto-Germanic n-stem paradigm *fraugô ~ *frukkaz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *prougʰ-ō ~ *prugʰ-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *prewgʰ- (“to leap”), possibly extended from *prew- (“to jump”).
Noun
*froggō m
- frog
- Synonym: *frosk
Inflection
Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*froggō
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Genitive
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*fruggini, *froggan
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*froggō
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*froggan
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Accusative
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*froggan
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*froggan
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Genitive
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*fruggini, *froggan
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*frogganō
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Dative
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*fruggini, *froggan
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*froggum
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Instrumental
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*fruggini, *froggan
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*froggum
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*frug/kkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155: “*frugō, gen. *frukkaz < *prúgʰ-ō ~ *prugʰ-n-ós; *fraukan-”