Froila

Galician

Etymology

From Gothic or Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *frawjô ("lord", from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per-, "to go forward") and the male diminutive suffix *-ilô (compare Attila, Wulfila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɔjla/ [ˈfɾɔj.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔjla
• Hyphenation: Froi‧la

Proper noun

Froila m

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Freán
• Freás
• Froiz
• Frollais
• Froxán

Related terms

• Froilo

References

• “Froila” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Gothic.

Proper noun

Froila m

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by several kings of Christian kingdoms in Iberia

Spanish

Etymology

From a Spanish-Visigothic given name. The first part of the name, froi-, probably stems from a Germanic noun *frau-, as in Old English frēa (“lord”). The second part of the name probably stems from the Germanic diminutive suffix *-ila, as in Gothic *𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*wulfila).

Fruela is a variant of Froila (galician and asturian/leonese spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾoila/ [ˈfɾoi̯.la]
• Rhymes: -oila
• Syllabification: Froi‧la

Proper noun

Froila m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Froilán
• Froilana