frithu

Old Saxon

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *friþuz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“like, love”). Cognates include Old Frisian fretho, Old English friþ, Old High German fridu (German Frieden), Old Norse friðr (Icelandic friður, Swedish and Danish fred), Dutch vrede. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek πραυς, Common Slavic *prijati (Old Church Slavonic прити) and *prijatel ‘friend’, Old Irish ríar (Welsh rhydd ‘free’).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /friθu/

Noun

frithu n

1. peace
2. sanctuary