froskr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, whence also Old English frosc, Old High German frosc. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

Noun

froskr m

1. frog

Descendants

• Icelandic: froskur
• Faroese: froskur
• Norwegian: frosk
• → Middle English: frosk
  • English: frosk

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “froskr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive