Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frauwjā

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.

Noun edit

*frauwjā f

lady, wife of a lord (woman of high standing)

Inflection edit

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*frauwjā
Genitive	*frauwjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frauwjā	*frauwjōn
Accusative	*frauwjōn	*frauwjōn
Genitive	*frauwjōn	*frauwjōnō
Dative	*frauwjōn	frauwjōm, frauwjum
Instrumental	*frauwjōn	frauwjōm, frauwjum

Descendants edit

Old English: frōwe
>? Old English: frēo
Old Frisian: frowe, frouwe
- West Frisian: frou
Old Saxon: frūa
- Middle Low German: vrûwe, vrouwe
  - German Low German: Froo
  - Plautdietsch: Fru, Frü
  - → Finnish: rouva
- → Old Norse: frú, frúa, frúva
  - Icelandic: frú
  - Faroese: frúgv, frú
  - Norwegian: fru, frue
  - Swedish: fru, fruga
  - Danish: frue, fru
Old Dutch: frouwa
- Middle Dutch: vrouwe
  - Dutch: vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”)
    - Afrikaans: vrou
    - Negerhollands: vro, vrou, frou, fru, vrow
      - → Virgin Islands Creole: fru (dated)
    - → Aukan: folow
    - → English: vrouw
    - → Sranan Tongo: frow
  - Limburgish: vrówwe, vrów
  - → English: frow
Old High German: frouwa
- Middle High German: vrouwe, vrowe
  - Alemannic German: Frau
    Alsatian: Fràui, Fràù, Frài, Froi, Fròi, Fraù, Frœy, Fráw, Frá
    Walser: frou
  - Bavarian: Frau
    Cimbrian: brau
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Fraa
  - East Central German:
    Silesian East Central German: Froo
  - German: Frau, Fr.; Fraue; Fraw, Frawe
    - Unserdeutsch: Frau
    - → English: frau
    - → Russian: фра́у (fráu)
  - Luxembourgish: Fra
  - Rhine Franconian: Fra
    Pennsylvania German: Fraa
    Palatine German: Fraa
  - Vilamovian: fraoj
  - Yiddish: פֿרוי (froy)