fröjd
Swedish
/ˈfrœjd/
noun
Definitions
- glee, happiness, joy, pleasure, merriment; mirth; gayety
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish fryghþ inherited from Old Norse frygð (magnificence, splendour) inherited from Proto-Norse *ᚠᚱᛁᚷᚷᚹᛁᚦᛟ inherited from Proto-Germanic *friwiþō, *fruwiþō, *frawaz (energetic, happy, quick, glad).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frawaz
Gloss
energetic, happy, quick, glad
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
🎅 🎉 🎊 😀 😁 😄 😍 😘 😚 🙋 🤶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Freude German
- Freudenhaus German
- Freudenträne German
- Schadenfreude German
- Vorfreude German
- freudig German
- freudlos German
- fryd Norwegian Bokmål
- skadefryd Norwegian Bokmål
- tusenfryd Norwegian Bokmål
- *frawalīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *frawaz Proto-Germanic
- *frewwiþō Proto-Germanic
- *friwiþō Proto-Germanic
- *fruwiþō Proto-Germanic
- fryd Norwegian Nynorsk
- skadefryd Norwegian Nynorsk
- tusenfryd Norwegian Nynorsk
- frygð Old Norse
- frár Old Norse
- fryd Danish
- frygð Icelandic
- frao Old High German
- frewan Old High German
- frō Old High German
- vrowede Middle High German
- frōlīk Old Dutch
- vröchde Middle Low German
- vrō Middle Low German
- fra Old Saxon
- fro Old Saxon
- frō Old Saxon
- fryghþ Old Swedish
- *ᚠᚱᛁᚷᚷᚹᛁᚦᛟ Proto-Norse