Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frauwjanō
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
Fossilized from *frauwjanō, genitive plural of *frauwjō (“lord”).
Adjective
*frauwjanō
Inflection
| n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *frauwjanō | ||
| Genitive | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *frauwjanō | *frauwjanā | *frauwjanā |
| Accusative | *frauwjanan | *frauwjanōn | *frauwjanā |
| Genitive | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan | *frauwjanōn | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan |
| Dative | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan | *frauwjanōn | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan |
| Instrumental | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan | *frauwjanōn | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *frauwjanan | *frauwjanōn | *frauwjanōn |
| Accusative | *frauwjanan | *frauwjanōn | *frauwjanōn |
| Genitive | *frauwjananō | *frauwjanōnō | *frauwjananō |
| Dative | *frauwjanum | *frauwjanōm, *frauwjanum | *frauwjanum |
| Instrumental | *frauwjanum | *frauwjanōm, *frauwjanum | *frauwjanum |
Derived terms
- *frauwjanu (“domain of the lord, lordship; holiness”)
Descendants
- Old Frisian: frāna
- Old Saxon: frōno, frāno
- Middle Low German: vrōne, vrōn, frōne
- Old Dutch: frōno, frōn
- Middle Dutch: vrône
- Old High German: frōno
Etymology 2
From *frauwjanō (“belonging to the lord”) + *-ō (agent noun). Compare Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (fraujinassus, “lordship”).
Noun
*frauwjanō m
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *frauwjanō | |
| Genitive | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *frauwjanō | *frauwjanan |
| Accusative | *frauwjanan | *frauwjanan |
| Genitive | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan | *frauwjananō |
| Dative | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan | *frauwjanum |
| Instrumental | *frauwjanini, *frauwjanan | *frauwjanum |