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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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). Cognate with Latin prōvincia (“territory, dominion, office, duty, province”), Russian пра́вый (právyj, “right”), Polish prawo (“law”). The feminine form is *frawjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸrɑu̯.jɔːː/

Noun

*frawjô m

1. 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

Synonyms

• *druhtinaz
• *fadiz

Related terms

• *frawjǭ

Descendants

• 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