## AI Etymology
Frisky comes from frisk ('to gambol, frolic', from Old French frisque, 'lively, brisk', of Germanic origin akin to fresh) + the adjectival suffix -y. Morphologically, the form is compositional, with the named elements combining to produce the modern spelling and sense. In present use, it is used as an adjective meaning "lively, playful, and full of energy", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as friskily and friskiness and related forms such as frisk and fresh, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Old French frisque and Proto-Germanic *friskaz, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by lively, playful, spirited, and frolicsome on one side and contrasts such as lethargic, sluggish, and listless on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

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