fruo

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frō (“early”).

Adverb

fruo

early

Descendants

Middle Dutch: vroe, vroech
- Dutch: vroeg
  - Afrikaans: vroeg
  - Berbice Creole Dutch: fruku
  - Javindo: froeg
  - Negerhollands: vroe, fru, vrue
  - → Sranan Tongo: fruku (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

“fruo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frō (“early”).

Adverb

fruo

early

Descendants

Middle High German: vruo, vrū, vrūge, vrō, vrōwe, fruo, frū, frūge, frō, frōwe
- Alemannic German: früe
- German: früh
- Luxembourgish: fréi
- Pennsylvania German: frieh
- Yiddish: פֿרי (fri)

Portuguese

Verb

fruo

first-person singular present indicative of fruir

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