frakkar

See also: Frakkar

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frankô m (“spear, javelin; Franks”), whence also Old Norse frakka f (“spear”). The link between the name of a weapon and a germanic people group is also seen with saxar m pl (“the Saxons”) being derived from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“knife, dagger”).

Noun

frakkar m pl

the Franks

Declension

Declension of frakkar, (weak an-stem, plural only)

masculine	plural
masculine	indefinite	definite
nominative	frakkar	frakkarnir
accusative	frakka	frakkana
dative	frǫkkum	frǫkkunum
genitive	frakka	frakkanna

Related terms

frakka f (“spear”)

Derived terms

frakkakonungr m (“king of the Franks”)
Frakkland n (“land of the Franks; Francia”)

Descendants

In mainland Scandinavian languages, the plural ar-ending of the nominative has been fixed to the word, as if it was a demonymic suffix (e.g. Nynorsk -ar or Bokmål -er). Thus they also exist in the singular form, where as Icelandic Frakkar does not.

Icelandic: Frakkar m pl (“the French”)
Norwegian Nynorsk: frankar m
Norwegian Bokmål: franker m
Old Swedish: franker m pl
- Swedish: franker c
Danish: franker c

References

frakkar in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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