vrees
Afrikaans
/frɪəs/
noun
Definitions
- fear, apprehension
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish vrees (fear) inherited from Middle Dutch vrêse inherited from Old Dutch frēsa inherited from Proto-Germanic *fraisō (danger).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fraisō
Gloss
danger
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- engtevrees Dutch, Flemish
- hoogtevrees Dutch, Flemish
- koudwatervrees Dutch, Flemish
- pleinvrees Dutch, Flemish
- sletvrees Dutch, Flemish
- smetvrees Dutch, Flemish
- vrees Dutch, Flemish
- vreesachtig Dutch, Flemish
- vreselijk Dutch, Flemish
- watervrees Dutch, Flemish
- *fraisō Proto-Germanic
- vrêse Middle Dutch
- hoogte Afrikaans
- hoogtevrees Afrikaans
- frēsa Old Dutch
- fresa Old Saxon
- frase Old Frisian