frosk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A frog.

Word forms

frosk frosks

Etymology

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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