frö
Swedish
/frøː/
noun
Definitions
- seed; a source or beginning
- (botany) germ, seed; a fertilized grain
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish frø derived from Old Norse fræ derived from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (seed, offspring, semen) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (sprinkle, sow, strew).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)per-
Gloss
sprinkle, sow, strew
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *(s)per- Proto-Indo-European
- frø Norwegian Bokmål
- sesamfrø Norwegian Bokmål
- solsikkefrø Norwegian Bokmål
- valmuefrø Norwegian Bokmål
- *fraiwą Proto-Germanic
- *spraidijaną Proto-Germanic
- blomster Swedish
- blomsterfrö Swedish
- gull Swedish
- gullfrö Swedish
- pumpa Swedish
- pumpafrö Swedish
- säd Swedish
- sädesfrö Swedish
- spryttan Old English
- sprǣdan Old English
- frjó Old Norse
- fræ Old Norse
- fræ Icelandic
- hörfræ Icelandic
- fræ Faroese
- grasfræ Faroese
- sesamfræ Faroese
- sólblómufræ Faroese
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 Gothic
- frø Old Swedish
- fre Westrobothnian