Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From *frak, from Proto-Albanian *awa-raka. Close to Latvian rakt (to dig), Lithuanian rakù, ràkti (to peck open, to lance). Variant of older form thrak.[1]

Noun edit

fraq f (plural fraqra, definite fraqi, definite plural fraqet)

  1. biting cold, frost

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fraq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 102