Frisian

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.

Noun

• A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany and southern Denmark).
• A person who is from or who has long resided in the Dutch province of Friesland.

Adjective

• Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
• Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Frisia; to people of Frisian descent.
• Of or relating to the region of Frisia.
• Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of the Dutch province of Friesland.
• Of or relating to the Dutch province of Friesland.

Origin

• From Middle English Fryson, Freson, from Old English Frysa, Friesa; Fresan, Frisan. Related to Old High German Friaso, Middle Dutch Vriese, Old Frisian Frīse, all from a Proto-Northwest Germanic *Frēsō (the short vowel in Old English is unexplained).