Old English · proper noun
Frisan
Normalised Frīsan
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈfriː.sɑn/[ˈfriː.zɑn]
- Syllables
- ˈfriː · sɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- frisiansfrsafrisia
Meaning
-
the Frisians
-
Frisia
-
inflection of Frīsa
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Frīsan, whence also Old Frisian Frīsa and Old High German Frīson. The Proto-Germanic form is uncertain, since Old Norse frísir is an i-stem; thus the West Germanic form points to *frīsaniz, while Old Norse points to *frīsīz. Note that variants with ē exist, but the oldest sources attest that these are secondary developments; see especially Latin Frīsiī, attested since the first century.
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