Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/freusaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- to freeze
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *freusaną (strong class 2)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *freusan
- Old Norse: frjósa
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*freusan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 154-155
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*freusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 113