froskur
Icelandic
/ˈfrɔskʏr/
noun
Definitions
- (amphibian) frog
- (on a string instrument's bow) frog
- type of green firecracker
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse froskr (frog) derived from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (frog) derived from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (jump, hop, jerk, leap).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*prew-
Gloss
jump, hop, jerk, leap
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
踊
Emoji
🐸 🦘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- frosh English
- prefrosh English
- Frosch German
- Froschfresser German
- Froschgoscherl German
- Froschmann German
- Froschperspektive German
- Froschteich German
- Knallfrosch German
- Laubfrosch German
- Teichfrosch German
- froschen German
- прыгать Russian
- *prew- Proto-Indo-European
- frosk Norwegian Bokmål
- *frawiþō Proto-Germanic
- *fruskaz Proto-Germanic
- *fruþ- Proto-Germanic
- *fruþgô Proto-Germanic
- frosk Norwegian Nynorsk
- frosc Old English
- frosċ Old English
- frox Old English
- frossh Middle English
- froskr Old Norse
- dýr Icelandic
- froskdýr Icelandic
- پریدن Persian
- frosc Old High German
- frosk Old High German
- froskur Faroese
- vrosch Middle High German
- Fräsch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *frosk gmw-pro
- *frosk Old Dutch
- Frosch Pennsylvania German