FromMiddle Low GermanFrankrīke, fromOld Saxon*Frankrīki. The name is a compound ofProto-West Germanic*frankō(“a Frank”) and*rīkī(“kingdom”).
See alsoGermanFrankreich,DutchFrankrijk, andYiddishפֿראַנקרײַך(frankraykh). The Low German word has been borrowed intoNorwegian Bokmål andSwedishFrankrike. The Old Norse and Icelandic name isFrakkland.
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