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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frijadōm
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *frī (“free”) + *-dōm.
Noun
*frijadōm m
- freedom
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *frijadōm | |
Genitive | *frijadōmas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *frijadōm | *frijadōmō, *frijadōmōs |
Accusative | *frijadōm | *frijadōmā |
Genitive | *frijadōmas | *frijadōmō |
Dative | *frijadōmē | *frijadōmum |
Instrumental | *frijadōmu | *frijadōmum |
Descendants
- Old English: frēodōm, frīodōm, frȳdōm
- Middle English: fredom, freedom, freodom, fredome, freedome
- English: freedom
- Scots: fredom
- Middle English: fredom, freedom, freodom, fredome, freedome
- Old Frisian: frīdōm
- North Frisian: fridoem
- Saterland Frisian: Fräidum
- West Frisian: frijdoem
- Old Saxon: *frīdōm
- Middle Low German: vrîdôm
- German Low German: Freeidoom
- Low German: fridom
- → Norwegian: fridom
- Middle Low German: vrîdôm
- Old Dutch: *frīduom
- Middle Dutch: vrijdom
- Dutch: vrijdom
- Middle Dutch: vrijdom
- Old High German: frītuom
- Middle High German: vrītuom
- German: Freitum (dialectal)
- Middle High German: vrītuom