Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frijaz
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“beloved”). The original meaning was probably something like “from one's own clan”, from which a meaning “being a free man, not a serf” developed.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*frijaz
Inflection edit
Declension of *frijaz (ja-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *frijaz | *frijai | *frijō | *frijôz | *friją, *-at(ō) | *frijō |
| accusative | *frijanǭ | *frijanz | *frijǭ | *frijōz | *friją, *-at(ō) | *frijō |
| genitive | *frijas, *frīs | *frijaizǫ̂ | *frijaizōz | *frijaizǫ̂ | *frijas, *frīs | *frijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *frijammai | *frijaimaz | *frijaizōi | *frijaimaz | *frijammai | *frijaimaz |
| instrumental | *frijanō | *frijaimiz | *frijaizō | *frijaimiz | *frijanō | *frijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *frijô | *frijaniz | *frijǭ | *frijōniz | *frijô | *frijōnō |
| accusative | *frijanų | *frijanunz | *frijōnų | *frijōnunz | *frijô | *frijōnō |
| genitive | *frīniz | *frijanǫ̂ | *frijōniz | *frijōnǫ̂ | *frīniz | *frijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *frīni | *frijammaz | *frijōni | *frijōmaz | *frīni | *frijammaz |
| instrumental | *frīnē | *frijammiz | *frijōnē | *frijōmiz | *frīnē | *frijammiz |