Frankish; Old Franconian (pertaining to the Frankish empire from ca. 450 to ca. 900 AD) · Old Frankish, Old Franconian (of or pertaining to the Old Frankish language) · outdated; very conservative
Frankish (relating to the historical Germanic tribe of the Franks) · West European (seen from the point of view of the Greeks and Middle Eastern people) · Franconian (relating to the German region of Franconia)
köken: Equivalent to franker (“Frank”) + -isk, borrowed via German fränkisch from Frankish *Frankisk (“Frankish”), derived from *Frankō, from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“spear; Frank”). The adjective was also borrowed to Old English Frenċisċ (hence English French) and Old French franceis (hence French français). Doublet of fransk.