Freund

German (Berlin)

/frɔʏ̯nt/

noun
Definitions
  • friend
  • boyfriend
  • (obsolete) blood relative (in the sense of a person that is or should be one’s friend by nature)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German vriunt inherited from Old High German friunt inherited from *friund inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (friend, lover, loved one) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *prēy-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*prēy-

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