frosk

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*prew-“to jump, hop”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fruskaz
3. Old Norse · derived fromfroskr“frog”
4. Old English · inherited fromfrosc
5. Middle English · inherited fromfrosk
6. English todayfrosk

From Middle English frosk, from Old English frosc, frox (“frog”) and Old Norse froskr (“frog”); both from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, *fruþskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Doublet of frosh.

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