frou
Alemannic German
noun
Definitions
- woman
- wife
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vrouwe inherited from Old High German frouwa (lady) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (lady, mistress) derived from Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (master, right judge, judge, right).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*prōw-
Gloss
master, right judge, judge, right
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- frau English
- prōvincia Latin
- Alibifrau German
- Ampelfrau German
- Buhfrau German
- Ehefrau German
- Ersatzfrau German
- Exfrau German
- Feuerwehrfrau German
- Frau German
- Frauchen German
- Frauenarzt German
- Frauenfuß German
- Frauenhaus German
- Frauenmörder German
- Frauenstimme German
- Frauenversammlung German
- Frauenversteher German
- Frauenzimmer German
- Fräulein German
- Geschäftsfrau German
- Hausfrau German
- Jungfrau German
- Liebfrauenmilch German
- Müllfrau German
- Putzfrau German
- Sauberfrau German
- Traumfrau German
- Trümmerfrau German
- Weltfrauentag German
- Zimmerfrau German
- Zweitfrau German
- fraulich German
- ambachtsvrouwe Dutch, Flemish
- vrouwe Dutch, Flemish
- фрау Russian
- *proHwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *prōw- Proto-Indo-European
- *frawjǭ Proto-Germanic
- Freyja Old Norse
- freyja Old Norse
- frouva Old Norse
- frú Old Norse
- frouwa Old High German
- vrouwe Middle High German
- Fra Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *frōwa Old Dutch
- frouwa Old Dutch
- vrouweken Middle Low German
- brau Cimbrian
- frua Old Saxon
- frūa Old Saxon
- Frau Alemannic German
- Fràui Alemannic German
- Fraa Pennsylvania German
- Fraa Hunsrik
- fraoj Vilamovian
- Fraa Rhine Franconian
- Froo East Central German