frosk

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.

frosk (plural frosks)

1. (dialectal) A frog.

• Korfs, forks

frosk

1. indefinite accusative singular of froskur

frosk

1. alternative form of frossh

From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

frosk m (definite singular frosken, indefinite plural frosker, definite plural froskene)

1. a frog (amphibian)

• padde
• rumpetroll

• “frosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• frøsk (Valdresmål)
• frausk (some western dialects)

From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

frosk m (definite singular frosken, indefinite plural froskar, definite plural froskane)

1. a frog (amphibian)

• padde
• rumpetroll

• “frosk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “frosk” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

• frosc

From Proto-West Germanic *frosk.

frosk m

1. frog

• Middle High German: vrosch
  • Bavarian: Frosch, Fruasch

    Cimbrian: vross, bross, vrosch

  • Central Franconian: Frösch, Fräsch

    Hunsrik: Frosch

    Luxembourgish: Fräsch

  • German: Frosch
  • Rhine Franconian: Frosch, Fresch

    Frankfurterisch: [fʀoʃ]

    Pennsylvania German: Frosch

• Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014