friunt

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend”).

Noun

friunt m

1. friend

Declension

declension of friunt

	singular	plural
nominative	friunt	friunt, friuntā, friunta
accusative	friunt	friunt, friuntā, friunta
genitive	friuntes	friunto
dative	friunte	friuntum,friuntun,friunton
instrumental	-	-

Descendants

• Middle High German: vriunt
  • Alemannic German: Fründ
  • Cimbrian: vròint, bròint
  • Central Franconian: Frönd, Frend, Frind, Frönk, Fründ

    Hunsrik: Freind, froynt

    Luxembourgish: Frënd

  • German: Freund
  • Vilamovian: frajnd
  • Yiddish: פֿרײַנד (fraynd)

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
2. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014