Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frawjô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”). Cognate with Latin prōvincia (“territory, dominion, office, duty, province”), Russian пра́вый (právyj, “right-hand”), Polish prawo (“law”).

Noun

*frawjô m

lord

Inflection

Declension of *frawjô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frawjô	*frawjaniz
Vocative	*frawjô	*frawjaniz
Accusative	*frawjanų	*frawjanunz
Genitive	*frawiniz	*frawjanǫ̂
Dative	*frawini	*frawjammaz
Instrumental	*frawinē	*frawjammiz

Related terms

*frawjǭ

Descendants

Old English: frēa, frēo m, freaha
Old Saxon: frao, frōio, frōho, frāho, frō
Old High German: frō (from earlier frōjo, frouwo)

Middle High German vrōn, frōn (“bailiff”); vrōn(e), frōn(e) (“lordship, rulership”)

German: Fronleichnam (“Corpus Christi, body of the Lord”); Fron, Fronarbeit (“socage”), fronen (“to do socage”)

Old Norse: Freyr
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (frauja)
- → Galician: Forxás
Vandalic: froia, froja m

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