freend
Scots
noun
Definitions
- friend
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English frend inherited from Old English frēond (friend, lover, relative, loving-, loving, friendly) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (friend, lover, loved one).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frijōndz
Gloss
friend, lover, loved one
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
友
Emoji
🐶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- friend English
- *preyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *prēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *frijōndz Proto-Germanic
- freondlar Old English
- freondlaþu Old English
- freondleas Old English
- freondlic Old English
- freondræden Old English
- freondscipe Old English
- frēond Old English
- wiffreond Old English
- fre Middle English
- frend Middle English
- frende Middle English
- frenden Middle English
- frenderede Middle English
- frendful Middle English
- frendles Middle English
- frendly Middle English
- frendman Middle English
- frendschip Middle English
- onfrend Middle English
- frændi Old Norse
- friund Old High German
- friunt Old High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌹 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- *friund gmw-pro
- friund Old Dutch
- friund Old Saxon
- friōnd, friond Old Frisian
- friūnd Old Frisian
- Frinj North Frisian
- vriene Yola