Frosch

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frog

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Basel-Landschaft

fresch

Basel-Landschaft

frosch

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʁɔʃ/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Middle Low German

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Icelandic

Cognate with English

In summary

From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosk (“frog”), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”). Cognate with Middle Low German vorsch (“frog”), Dutch vors, West Frisian froask, Icelandic froskur, dialectal English frosh (“frog”).