Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frosk

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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fruskaz.

Noun

*frosk m

1. frog

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*frosk
Genitive	*froskas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frosk	*froskō, *froskōs
Accusative	*frosk	*froskā
Genitive	*froskas	*froskō
Dative	*froskē	*froskum
Instrumental	*frosku	*froskum

Descendants

• Old English: frosc, frox, forsc
  • Middle English: frosk, frosch
    • English: frosk, frosh
• Old Frisian: *frosk
  • West Frisian: froask
• Old Saxon: *frosk, *forsk
  • Middle Low German: vorsch
    • German Low German: Fuorsk (Münsterland); Frötske (Krummhörn, Ostfriesland)
• Old Dutch: *frosk, *forsk
  • Middle Dutch: vorsch
    • Dutch: vors
    • Limburgish: vrósj
• Old High German: frosk, frosc
  • 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