Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frawjô

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

From the unattested Proto-Germanic *frawiz or *frawaz and the suffix *-jô, the stem being inherited from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”) (though Kroonen notes phonetic difficulties with this derivation).^[1] Cognate with Latin prōvincia (“territory, dominion, office, duty, province”), Russian пра́вый (právyj, “right”), Polish prawo (“law”). The feminine form is *frawjǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸrɑu̯.jɔːː/

*frawjô m

1. lord

• *druhtinaz
• *fadiz

• *frawjǭ

• Proto-West Germanic: *frauwjō
  • Old English: frēa, frēo
  • Old Frisian: *frā (in placenames)
  • Old Saxon: frao, frōio, frōho, frāho, frō
  • Old Dutch: *frō
  • Old High German: frō, frōjo, frouwo
• Old Norse: Freyr
  • Icelandic: Freyr
    • → Swedish: Frej (learned)
    • → Danish: Frej (learned)
  • Faroese: Froyur
  • Norwegian: Frøy
  • Old Swedish: *Frø̄
    • Swedish: Frö
  • Old Danish: Frø̄
    • Old Danish: Frø
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (frauja)
  • → Galician: Forxás, Froxán (or either from Suevic)
• Vandalic: *frauja- (early), froia, froja m