Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frō

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *proh₁- (“early; in the morning”), from *pro- (“forward”). Compare, in particular, Ancient Greek πρωῐ̈́ (prōḯ, “early in the morning”), Sanskrit प्रातर् (prātár, “idem”).^[1]

Adverb

*frō (comparative *frōiʀ(ō), superlative *frōist(ō))^[1]

early

Derived terms

*frō(ī)

Descendants

Old Saxon: *frōw, *frō
- Middle Low German: vrō, vrȫ, vroe, frow, froi, frohe, froeg, vrōch, vrū, vrůch
  - German Low German: froh
  - → Danish: fro (obsolete)
Old Dutch: fruo
- Middle Dutch: vroe, vroech
  - Dutch: vroeg
    - Afrikaans: vroeg
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: fruku
    - Javindo: froeg
    - Negerhollands: vroe, fru, vrue
    - → Sranan Tongo: fruku (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: fruo
- Middle High German: vruo, vrū, vrūge, vrō, vrōwe, fruo, frū, frūge, frō, frōwe
  - Alemannic German: früe
  - German: früh
  - Luxembourgish: fréi
  - Pennsylvania German: frieh
  - Yiddish: פֿרי (fri)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*frōi”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 156

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*frōi”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 156

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