Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/froggō

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Pet-name form of Proto-Germanic *fruþ- (“frog”) +‎ *-gô, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Compare *frauþaz, *fruþskaz.

Noun

*froggō m

1. frog

Descendants

• Old English: frocga, frogga, froga
  • Middle English: frog, frogge, frugge, froke
    • Scots: frog, froig
    • English: frog, frock (dialectal)
      • → Hawaiian: poloka