frosk

English

Etymology

From Middle English frosk, from Old English frox, frosċ (“frog”) and Old Norse froskr (“frog”); both from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, *fruþskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Doublet of frosh.

Noun

frosk (plural frosks)

1. (dialectal) A frog.

Anagrams

• Korfs, forks

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Icelandic

Noun

frosk

1. indefinite accusative singular of froskur

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Middle English

Noun

frosk

1. Alternative form of frossh

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

Noun

frosk m (definite singular frosken, indefinite plural frosker, definite plural froskene)

1. a frog (amphibian)

See also

• padde
• rumpetroll

References

• “frosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

Noun

frosk m (definite singular frosken, indefinite plural froskar, definite plural froskane)

1. a frog (amphibian)

See also

• padde
• rumpetroll

References

• “frosk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• frosc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frosk.

Noun

frosk m

1. frog

Declension

Declension of frosk (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	frosk	froska
accusative	frosk	froska
genitive	froskes	frosko
dative	froske	froskum
instrumental	frosku	—

Descendants

• 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: [fʀoʃ]

    Pennsylvania German: Frosch

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014