fruo

fruo

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frōwaz.

Adverb

fruo

1. early

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vroe
  • Dutch: vroeg
    • Afrikaans: vroeg
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: fruku
    • Javindo: froeg
    • Negerhollands: vroe, fru, vrue
    • → Sranan Tongo: fruku, frugu
      • → Aukan: fuuku
      • → Saramaccan: fuúku

Further reading

• “fruo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frōwaz (“early”).

Adverb

fruo

1. early

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Portuguese

Verb

fruo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fruir