frisk
Maltese
/frɪsk/
adjective
Definitions
- fresh; cool
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian friscu derived from Latin friscus derived from Frankish *frisk (fresh, unsalted) derived from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (fresh, unsalted, not salty).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*friskaz
Gloss
fresh, unsalted, not salty
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- frescus Latin
- friscus Latin
- fresco Italian
- frisquet French
- fresco Spanish, Castilian
- *preisk Proto-Indo-European
- *preysk- Proto-Indo-European
- *friskaz Proto-Germanic
- fersc Old English
- ferskr Old Norse
- fres Old French
- fresche Old French
- fricque Old French
- fresc Catalan, Valencian
- frisc Old High German
- *frisk gmw-pro
- *fersk Old Dutch
- fresco Old Portuguese
- vrisch Middle Low German
- *frisk Old Saxon
- fresc Occitan
- frais-ch Romansh
- fras-ch Romansh
- frestg Romansh
- *fresk Frankish
- *frisk Frankish
- fresc Old Occitan
- fersk Old Frisian
- friscu Sicilian
- frisc lng