Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/freusaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost”).
Pronunciation
Verb
- to freeze
Inflection
Conjugation of *freusaną (strong class 2)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *freusan
- Old Norse: frjósa
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*freusan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 154-155
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*freusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 113