frorn

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*freusaną“to freeze”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fruzanaz“frozen”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*froʀan
4. Old English · inherited fromfroren
5. Middle English · inherited fromfroren
6. English todayfrorn

From Middle English froren, from Old English froren, ġefroren (“frozen”), from Proto-West Germanic *froʀan, from Proto-Germanic *fruzanaz (“frozen”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to freeze”). Doublet of frore and frozen. Cognate with Dutch gevroren (“frozen”), German Low German froren (“frozen”), German gefroren (“frozen”).

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