Reconstruction:Latin/friscum

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *friskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɪsku/

Adjective

*friscum (feminine *frisca) (Proto-Romance)

1. fresh
2. cool

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: fresco (see there for further descendants)
  • Neapolitan: frisco
  • Sicilian: friscu
    • → Maltese: frisk
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: fresc
  • Old French: freis (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: fresc
    • Occitan: fresc
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: friscu
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: fresco
  • Asturian: frescu
  • Leonese: frescu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: fresco
    • Galician: fresco
    • Portuguese: fresco
  • Old Spanish: fresco
    • Ladino: פﬞריסקו
    • Spanish: fresco
• Borrowed from one or more of the above:
  • Medieval Latin: friscus [13th c.]

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “fresco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 956
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “frĭsk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 179