frosk

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noun

A frog.

OriginMiddle English frosk ← Old English frosc ← Old Norse froskr →
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Meanings

nounfrosk (plural frosks)

plural frosks

  1. dialectalA frog.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*prew-“to jump, hop”
  2. Proto-Germanic*fruskaz
  3. Old Norsefroskr“frog”
  4. Old Englishfrosc
  5. Middle Englishfrosk
  6. Englishfrosk

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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APA

frosk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frosk

MLA

“frosk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frosk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frosk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frosk.

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