frosc

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frosk, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz.

Cognate with Old Frisian *frosk, Old Saxon *frosk, Old Dutch forsk, Old High German frosc, Old Norse froskr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frosk/

Noun

frosc m

  1. frog

Usage notes

The declension table below shows the inherited distribution of *sk, but leveling may also have occurred; see wūsc for more. That the nom.-acc. sg. had hard *sk at least variably is suggested by the metathesized form frox.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative frosc froscas
accusative frosc froscas
genitive frosċes frosca
dative frosċe froscum

Descendants

  • Middle English: frosk, frosch
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