Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frafalu

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 *frafal(i) (“wanton, wicked”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*frafalu m

1. wantonness, cruelty

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*frafalu
Genitive	*frafalō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frafalu	*frafaliwi, *frafalō
Accusative	*frafalu	*frafalū
Genitive	*frafalō	*frafaliwō
Dative	*frafaliwi, *frafalō	*frafalum
Instrumental	*frafalu	*frafalum

Descendants

• Old English: fræfel, frefel n
• Old Saxon: *fraval
  • Middle Low German: vrêvel, vrevel, frêvel, vrêvele, wrevel
    • German Low German: Frevel
    • → Saterland Frisian: Wríeuwel
• Old Dutch: fravali (attested in Latin texts as faravalium, farfalium, farfalius)
  • Middle Dutch: vrēvel, wrevel
    • Dutch: wrevel
      • → West Frisian: wrevel
• Old High German: frefil, frevil m; frafalī, frafalīn, frafilī f
  • Middle High German: vrevel, frefel m; vrevele f
    • German: Frevel m