froynt

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Central Franconian Frönd, from Old High German friunt, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“lover, friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *prēy-, *prāy- (“to like, love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾɔjnt/

Noun

froynt

1. friend
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, Associação Internacional de Lingüística – SIL Brasil, page 30:

     froynt, xloych, toych – amigo, mangueira, massa

     friend, hose, dough – friend, hose, dough

     (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)

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