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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *frawjǭ</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_frawjǭ</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_frawjo_x2" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frawjǭ">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>frawjǭ</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈɸrɑw.jɔ̃ː</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚠᚱᚨᚹᛃᛟ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">feminine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">ōn-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>lady, wife of a lord (woman of high standing)</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">A feminine form of *frawjô (‘lord’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>frawjǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>frawjōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>frawjōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>frawjōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>frawjōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>frawjōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>frawjōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>frawjōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>frawjōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>frawjōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>frawjǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>frawjōniz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>frōwe, frēo</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, vrouwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>frow</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>Vro, vrów</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>West Flemish</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Zealandic</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, vrouwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe, vrouw</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Aukan</lang>
                          <orth>folow</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>English</lang>
                          <orth>vrouw</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Indonesian</lang>
                          <orth>perawan</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Sranan Tongo</lang>
                          <orth>frow</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, vrouwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe, vrouw</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>vrou</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>English</lang>
                            <orth>vrou</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, vrouwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe, vrouw</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Negerhollands</lang>
                          <orth>vro, vrou, frou, fru, vrow</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Virgin Islands Creole</lang>
                            <orth>fru</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>frōwe, frouwe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>frou</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Vilamovian</lang>
                        <orth>fraoj</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>פֿרוי (froy)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Alemannic German</lang>
                        <orth>Frau</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Alsatian</lang>
                          <orth>Fràui, Fràù, Frài, Froi, Fròi, Fraù, Frœy, Fráw, Frá</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Walser</lang>
                          <orth>frou</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                        <orth>Frau</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Cimbrian</lang>
                          <orth>brau, vrau</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Central Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Hunsrik</lang>
                          <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                          <orth>Fra</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>East Central German</lang>
                        <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Silesian East Central German</lang>
                          <orth>Froo</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Frau, Fr., Fraue, Frauw, Fraw, Frawe</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>English</lang>
                          <orth>frau</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Russian</lang>
                          <orth>фра́у (fráu)</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Unserdeutsch</lang>
                          <orth>Frau</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Rhine Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Palatine German</lang>
                          <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Pennsylvania German</lang>
                          <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>frouwe, frūa, frūe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>vrûwe, vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Finnish</lang>
                        <orth>rouva</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                        <orth>Fru, Frü</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>frouwe, frūa, frūe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>vrûwe, vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Fru, Frau</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>German Low German</lang>
                          <orth>Froo</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frauwjā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>frouwe, frūa, frūe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                      <orth>frú, frúa, frúva</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Danish</lang>
                        <orth>frue, fru</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Faroese</lang>
                        <orth>frúgv, frú</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                        <orth>frú</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                        <orth>fru, frue</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Swedish</lang>
                        <orth>fru, fruga</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>frōwe, frēo</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, vrouwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>frow</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>Vro, vrów</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>West Flemish</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Zealandic</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, vrouwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe, vrouw</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Aukan</lang>
                          <orth>folow</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>English</lang>
                          <orth>vrouw</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Indonesian</lang>
                          <orth>perawan</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Sranan Tongo</lang>
                          <orth>frow</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, vrouwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe, vrouw</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>vrou</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>English</lang>
                            <orth>vrou</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, vrouwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>vrouwe, vrouw</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Negerhollands</lang>
                          <orth>vro, vrou, frou, fru, vrow</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Virgin Islands Creole</lang>
                            <orth>fru</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>frōwe, frouwe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>frou</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Vilamovian</lang>
                        <orth>fraoj</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>פֿרוי (froy)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Alemannic German</lang>
                        <orth>Frau</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Alsatian</lang>
                          <orth>Fràui, Fràù, Frài, Froi, Fròi, Fraù, Frœy, Fráw, Frá</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Walser</lang>
                          <orth>frou</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                        <orth>Frau</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Cimbrian</lang>
                          <orth>brau, vrau</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Central Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Hunsrik</lang>
                          <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                          <orth>Fra</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>East Central German</lang>
                        <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Silesian East Central German</lang>
                          <orth>Froo</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Frau, Fr., Fraue, Frauw, Fraw, Frawe</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>English</lang>
                          <orth>frau</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Russian</lang>
                          <orth>фра́у (fráu)</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Unserdeutsch</lang>
                          <orth>Frau</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frouwa, frowa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Rhine Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Palatine German</lang>
                          <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Pennsylvania German</lang>
                          <orth>Fraa</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>frouwe, frūa, frūe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>vrûwe, vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Finnish</lang>
                        <orth>rouva</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                        <orth>Fru, Frü</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>frouwe, frūa, frūe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>vrûwe, vrouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Fru, Frau</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>German Low German</lang>
                          <orth>Froo</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frawā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>frouwe, frūa, frūe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                      <orth>frú, frúa, frúva</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Danish</lang>
                        <orth>frue, fru</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Faroese</lang>
                        <orth>frúgv, frú</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                        <orth>frú</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                        <orth>fru, frue</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Swedish</lang>
                        <orth>fru, fruga</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>freyja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>freyja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>-prea</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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