Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frijadōm

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 *frī (“free”) +‎ *-dōm.

Noun

*frijadōm m

1. freedom

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*frijadōm
Genitive	*frijadōmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frijadōm	*frijadōmō, *frijadōmōs
Accusative	*frijadōm	*frijadōmā
Genitive	*frijadōmas	*frijadōmō
Dative	*frijadōmē	*frijadōmum
Instrumental	*frijadōmu	*frijadōmum

Descendants

• Old English: frēodōm, frīodōm, frȳdōm
  • Middle English: fredom, fredome, freedom, freedome, freodom
    • English: freedom
    • Scots: freedom
• Old Frisian: frīdōm
  • North Frisian: fridoem
  • Saterland Frisian: Fräidum
  • West Frisian: frijdoem
• Old Saxon: *frīdōm
  • Middle Low German: vrîdôm
    • German Low German: Freeidoom
    • Low German: fridom
    • → Norwegian: fridom
• Old Dutch: *frīduom
  • Middle Dutch: vrijdom
    • Dutch: vrijdom
      • Afrikaans: vrydom
• Old High German: frītuom
  • Middle High German: vrītuom
    • German: Freitum (dialectal)