Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frī

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frijaz.

Adjective

*frī

1. free

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*frī
Genitive	*frijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*frī	*friju	*frī
Accusative	*frijanā	*frijā	*frī
Genitive	*frijas	*frijeʀā	*frijas
Dative	*frijumē	*frijeʀē	*frijumē
Instrumental	*friju	*frijeʀu	*friju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*frijē	*frijō	*friju
Accusative	*frijā	*frijā	*friju
Genitive	*frijeʀō	*frijeʀō	*frijeʀō
Dative	*frijēm, *frijum	*frijēm, *frijum	*frijēm, *frijum
Instrumental	*frijēm, *frijum	*frijēm, *frijum	*frijēm, *frijum

Related terms

• *frijahals
• *frijōn
• *frijōndiskapi
• *friþu
• *friund

Derived terms

• *-frī
• *frijadōm

Descendants

• Old English: frēo, frīo, freoh, frioh, friġ, frī, frȳ
  • Middle English: fre, vri, vry
    • English: free
      • → Fiji Hindi: firii
    • Scots: fre
• Old Frisian: frī
  • Saterland Frisian: fräi
  • West Frisian: frij
• Old Saxon: frī
  • Middle Low German: vri, vrîg
    • Low German: fri, free, frigg
    • → Danish: fri
    • → Estonian: prii
    • → Faroese: fríur
    • → Latvian: brīvs
    • → Livonian: brī
    • → Norwegian: fri
    • → Swedish: fri
• Old Dutch: frī
  • Middle Dutch: vri
    • Dutch: vrij
      • Negerhollands: vri, vrie, fri
      • → Aukan: felei
      • → Caribbean Javanese: frèi, prèi, pré
      • → Indonesian: prei (“holiday, free, doing nothing”)
      • → Sundanese: peré
• Old High German: frī
  • Middle High German: vrī
    • German: frei
    • Luxembourgish: fräi
    • Vilamovian: frȧj
    • Yiddish: פֿרײַ (fray)