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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frōi
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From pre-Germanic *proHi. Cognate with Ancient Greek πρῴ (prṓi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸrɔːi̯/
Adverb
*frōi
- early, soon, in the morning
Derived terms
- *frōjaz
Descendants
- Old High German: fruo
- Middle High German: vruo
- German: früh
- Middle High German: vruo
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*frōi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 156