Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frauwjā

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 *frawjǭ.

Noun

*frauwjā f

1. lady, wife of a lord (woman of high standing)

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*frauwjā
Genitive	*frauwjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frauwjā	*frauwjōn
Accusative	*frauwjōn	*frauwjōn
Genitive	*frauwjōn	*frauwjōnō
Dative	*frauwjōn	*frauwjōm, *frauwjum
Instrumental	*frauwjōn	*frauwjōm, *frauwjum

Alternative reconstructions

• *frawā

Related terms

• *frauwjō

Descendants

• Old English: frōwe
• >? Old English: frēo
• Old Frisian: frōwe, frouwe
  • West Frisian: frou
• Old Saxon: frouwe, (> *frawā) frūa, frūe
  • Middle Low German: vrûwe, vrouwe
    • Low German: Fru, Frau
      • German Low German: Froo
    • Plautdietsch: Fru, Frü
    • → Finnish: rouva
  • → Old Norse: frú, frúa, frúva
    • Icelandic: frú
    • Faroese: frúgv, frú
    • Norwegian: fru, frue
    • Swedish: fru, fruga
    • Danish: frue, fru
• Old Dutch: frouwa, vrouwa
  • Middle Dutch: vrouwe
    • Dutch: vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”)
      • Afrikaans: vrou
        • → English: vrou
      • Negerhollands: vro, vrou, frou, fru, vrow
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: fru (dated)
      • → Aukan: folow
      • → English: vrouw
      • → Sranan Tongo: frow
    • Limburgish: Vro, vrów
    • West Flemish: vrouwe
    • Zealandic: vrouwe
    • → English: frow
• Old High German: frouwa, frowa
  • Middle High German: vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro (before proper names)
    • Alemannic German: Frau
      • Alsatian: Fràui, Fràù, Frài, Froi, Fròi, Fraù, Frœy, Fráw, Frá
      • Walser: frou
    • Bavarian: Frau
      • Cimbrian: brau, vrau
    • Central Franconian: Fraa
      • Hunsrik: Fraa
      • Luxembourgish: Fra
    • East Central German: Fraa
      • Silesian East Central German: Froo
    • German: Frau, Fr. (abbreviation), Fraue (archaic), Frauw, Fraw, Frawe (obsolete)
      • Unserdeutsch: Frau
      • → English: frau
      • → Russian: фра́у (fráu)
    • Rhine Franconian: Fraa
      • Pennsylvania German: Fraa
      • Palatine German: Fraa
    • Vilamovian: fraoj
    • Yiddish: פֿרוי (froy)