frouwa

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, from *frawjô, from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with Old Saxon frūa, Old English frōwe.

Noun

frouwa f

lady

Declension

Declension of frouwa (ō-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	frouwa	frouwā
accusative	frouwa	frouwā
genitive	frouwa	frouwōno
dative	frouwu	frouwōm

Descendants

Middle High German: vrouwe, vrowe, frouwe, frowe, vrou, frou, vro, fro (before proper names), vrowe
- Alemannic German: Frau
  - Alsatian: Fràui, Fràù, Frài, Froi, Fròi, Fraù, Frœy, Fráw, Frá
  - Walser: frou
- Bavarian: Frau
  - Cimbrian: brau
- Central Franconian: Fraa
  - Hunsrik: Fraa
  - Luxembourgish: Fra
- East Central German: Fraa
  - Silesian East Central German: Froo
- German: Frau, Fr. (abbreviation), Fraue (archaic), Fraw, Frawe (obsolete)
  - Unserdeutsch: Frau
  - → English: frau
  - → Russian: фра́у (fráu)
- Rhine Franconian: Fraa
  - Pennsylvania German: Fraa
  - Palatine German: Fraa
- Vilamovian: fraoj
- Yiddish: פֿרוי (froy)

References

Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

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