*frawjô

Runic: ᚠᚱᚨᚹᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸrɑu̯.jɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

lord

Etymology

From the unattested Proto-Germanic *frawiz or *frawaz and the suffix *-jô, the stem being of debated origin: Possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per(H)- (‘to go forward; in front’). Potential cognates include Latin prōvincia (‘territory, dominion, office, duty, province’), Russian пра́вый (právyj, ‘right’), Polish prawo (‘law’). However, Kroonen notes phonetic difficulties with this derivation. For an alternative he proposes a link to *fraiwą (‘seed’) involving metathesis, and that the sense of sowing or fertility may even be preserved in the mythological associations of Old Norse Freyja.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.frawjôfrawjaniz
Acc.frawjanųfrawjanunz
Gen.frawjinizfrawjanǫ̂
Dat.frawjinifrawjammaz
Inst.frawjinēfrawjammiz
Voc.frawjôfrawjaniz

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Descendants

  • *frauwjō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *frō (Old Dutch)
    • frīġea, frēa (Old English)
    • *frā (Old Frisian)
    • frouwo, frōjo, frō (Old High German)
    • frōio, frao, frōho, frāho, frō (Old Saxon)
  • *frawō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *frō (Old Dutch)
    • frīġea, frēa (Old English)
    • *frā (Old Frisian)
    • frouwo, frōjo, frō (Old High German)
    • frōio, frao, frōho, frāho, frō (Old Saxon)
  • Freyr (Old Norse)
    • Froyur (Faroese)
    • Frøy (Norwegian)
  • Freyr (Old Norse)
    • Freyr (Icelandic)
      • Frej (Danish)
      • Frej (Swedish)
  • Freyr (Old Norse)
    • Frø̄ (Old Danish)
      • Frø (Old Danish)
  • Freyr (Old Norse)
    • *Frø̄ (Old Swedish)
      • Frö (Swedish)
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (frauja) (Gothic)
    • Forxás, Froxán (Galician)
  • froia (Vandalic)
  • froja (Vandalic)

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