Frost
German (Berlin)
/frɔst/
noun
Definitions
- frost; freezing weather weather conditions below 0 °C
- frost; ice; all the natural phenomena caused by such weather collectively
- a sensation of cold, especially due to illness
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vrost inherited from Old High German frost inherited from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (cold, frost).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frustaz
Gloss
cold, frost
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
冷, 寒
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifrost English
- befrost English
- defrost English
- frost English
- frost-nail English
- frostbird English
- frostbite English
- frostbitten English
- frostbound English
- frosted English
- frosten English
- frostfish English
- frosting English
- frostless English
- frostlike English
- frostnip English
- frostproof English
- frostweed English
- frostwork English
- frostwort English
- frosty English
- hoarfrost English
- permafrost English
- Beule German
- Frostbeule German
- Frostwinter German
- Schüttelfrost German
- Winter German
- frostfrei German
- frostig German
- schütteln German
- dauwvorst Dutch, Flemish
- grootvorst Dutch, Flemish
- kerkvorst Dutch, Flemish
- keurvorst Dutch, Flemish
- nachtvorst Dutch, Flemish
- vliegenvorst Dutch, Flemish
- vorst Dutch, Flemish
- vorst-bisschop Dutch, Flemish
- vorstbisdom Dutch, Flemish
- vorstendom Dutch, Flemish
- vorstenhuis Dutch, Flemish
- vorstin Dutch, Flemish
- vorstreus Dutch, Flemish
- *prews- Proto-Indo-European
- *prustós Proto-Indo-European
- *frustaz Proto-Germanic
- *frustą Proto-Germanic
- forst Old English
- frost Old English
- frost Middle English
- frost Old Norse
- frosto Esperanto
- frost Icelandic
- frostpinni Icelandic
- vorst Middle Dutch
- vorste Middle Dutch
- frost Old High German
- frosto Ido
- vors Afrikaans
- vrost Middle High German
- Frascht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *frost Old Dutch
- bròst Cimbrian
- frost Old Frisian