Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frauwjanō

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 1

Fossilized from *frauwjanō, genitive plural of *frauwjō (“lord”).

Adjective

*frauwjanō

2. belonging to the lord
3. holy, divine
4. public

Inflection

n-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*frauwjanō
Genitive	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*frauwjanō	*frauwjanā	*frauwjanā
Accusative	*frauwjanan	*frauwjanōn	*frauwjanā
Genitive	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan	*frauwjanōn	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan
Dative	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan	*frauwjanōn	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan
Instrumental	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan	*frauwjanōn	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*frauwjanan	*frauwjanōn	*frauwjanōn
Accusative	*frauwjanan	*frauwjanōn	*frauwjanōn
Genitive	*frauwjananō	*frauwjanōnō	*frauwjananō
Dative	*frauwjanum	*frauwjanōm, *frauwjanum	*frauwjanum
Instrumental	*frauwjanum	*frauwjanōm, *frauwjanum	*frauwjanum

Derived terms

• *frauwjanu (“domain of the lord, lordship; holiness”)
  • Old High German: *frōna
    • Middle High German: vrōne, vrōn, frōne, frōn
      • German: Fron

Descendants

• Old Frisian: frāna
• Old Saxon: frōno, frāno
  • Middle Low German: vrōne, vrōn, frōne
• Old Dutch: *frōno, frōn
  • Middle Dutch: vrône
• Old High German: frōno

Etymology 2

From *frauwjanō (“belonging to the lord”) +‎ *-ō (agent noun). Compare Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (fraujinassus, “lordship”).

Noun

*frauwjanō m

2. domain of the lord, lordship, seigniory
3. servant of the lord, vassal

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*frauwjanō
Genitive	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frauwjanō	*frauwjanan
Accusative	*frauwjanan	*frauwjanan
Genitive	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan	*frauwjananō
Dative	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan	*frauwjanum
Instrumental	*frauwjanini, *frauwjanan	*frauwjanum

Descendants

• Old High German: *frōno
  • Middle High German: vrōne, frāne, frohne
• Old Dutch: frōno
  • Middle Dutch: vrone
    • Dutch: vroon
• Old High German: *frōno
  • Middle High German: vrōne, vrōn, frōne, frōn