frouwa

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā. Cognate with Old Saxon frūa, Old English frōwe.

Noun

frouwa f

  1. lady

Declension
Declension of frouwa (ō-stem)
case singular plural
nominative frouwa frouwā
accusative frouwa frouwā
genitive frouwa frouwōno
dative frouwu frouwōm

Descendants
  • Middle High German: vrouwe, vrowe
    • Alemannic German: Frau
      Alsatian: Fràui, Fràù, Frài, Froi, Fròi, Fraù, Frœy, Fráw, Frá
      Walser: frou
    • Bavarian: Frau
      Cimbrian: brau
    • Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Fraa
    • East Central German:
      Silesian East Central German: Froo
    • German: Frau, Fr.; Fraue; Fraw, Frawe
    • Luxembourgish: Fra
    • Rhine Franconian: Fra
      Pennsylvania German: Fraa
      Palatine German: Fraa
    • Vilamovian: fraoj
    • Yiddish: פֿרוי (froy)

References
  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
  2. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
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