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Not really relevant, but too much of a fun fact for me not to share: the partner's name is "DeVries", which I'm guessing has a Dutch origin, and literally translates to "TheFreeze".

(I suspect its etymological origin is more related to Frysia, though.)

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Not quite, 'de Vries' in Dutch translates to 'the Friesian'.

No, that would be DeFries.

Exactly, although the word probably derives from that - hence my remark about its etymological origin.

vries means freeze. even though not used like that specifically, you are right in your thought that vries means freeze. "ik vries" -> "i freeze".

friesland's name is disputed though between being founded by a guy named 'friso' and that 'Fries' means 'peoples with curly hair' :D - so much for logic & linguistics :D!

> so much for logic & linguistics :D!

Which is why I didn't want to go into the actual etymology, because the only reason it was a fun fact is because the current meaning of the word is freeze, regardless of what it referred to in the past :)

"Vriesland" is an old spelling for Friesland (Frisia).

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