Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "frost" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesfrost(Anglo-Saxon) frost(Old High German) Surname DescendantsFrost(English) Frost(German) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 157. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 116.