froask

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *frosk, from Proto-West Germanic *frosk, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frwask/

Noun

froask c (plural froasken, diminutive froaskje)

1. frog

   Synonym: kikkert

Further reading

• “froask”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011