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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *proh₁- (early; in the morning), from *pro- (forward).

Adverb

*frō (comparative *frōiʀ(ō), superlative *frōist(ō))[1]

  1. early

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *frōw, *frō
  • Old Dutch: fruo
  • Old High German: fruo

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 156
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