proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Frīsiī
Frīsiī m pl (genitive Frīsiōrum)
Classical[ˈfriː.si.iː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfriː.s̬i.i]
Meaning
- A tribe of Northern Germany who dwelt between the rivers Rhine and Ems.
Ex exoticis Scriptoribus ſolum tantum adducemus GEORGIUM HORNIUM, qvi, Islandiam ante Norvegos variis gentibus freqventatam fuiſſe, certa indicia eſſe dicit, Krantzium teſtem adducens, qvod poſt ſubactam ab Hengiſto Britanniam Friſii in Islandia conſederint.
From foreign writers we shall bring forward only Georg Horn, who says there are certain signs that Iceland was frequented by various nations before the Norwegians, citing Krantz as a witness to the fact that after Britain was subdued by Hengist, the Frisians settled in Iceland.1772, Finnur Jónsson, chapter 1, in Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ [The Ecclesiastical History of Iceland], volume 1, Copenhagen: Orphanotrophius Regii, section 4, page 3:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Frīsiī |
| genitive | — | Frīsiōrum |
| dative | — | Frīsiīs |
| accusative | — | Frīsiōs |
| ablative | — | Frīsiīs |
| vocative | — | Frīsiī |
Frīsĭi, ōrum, m., φρίσιοι or φρείσιοι, Ptol. and Dio Cass., in the Middle Ages Frisones and Fresones,
I. the Frisians, a people of northern Germany, between the Rhine and the Ems, in the modern West Friesland, Plin. 4, 15, 27, § 101; Tac. G. 34; id. A. 1, 60; 4, 72 al.—Hence, Frīsĭus, a, um, adj., Frisian, Tac. A. 4, 74.
Origins
Possibly named for their curly hair, from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“curly, frizzy”), which might possibly be from Proto-Indo-European *prews-, which Pokorny says means to burn as well as to freeze (see Sanskrit प्लोषति (ploṣati)). If valid, this could derive from the warping of objects under temperature extremes.
In English words that came into English from Frīsiī
- FrisianFrīsiī