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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frawaz

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 Pre-Germanic *prow-os, likely from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (to jump, hop). Cognate with Sanskrit प्रवते (právate, to jump, leap).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸrɑ.wɑz/

Adjective

*frawaz

  1. happy
  2. energetic

Inflection


Derived terms

  • *frawiþō
  • *frawjaną
  • *frawalīkaz
    • Old Frisian: frōlik
      • West Frisian: frolyck
    • Old Saxon: *frōlīk
      • Middle Low German: vrȫlîk, vroulîk, vroilik
        • German Low German: froihlik
    • Old Dutch: frōlīk
    • Old High German: frawalīh, frōlīh
  • *fruwiþō

Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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