Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo ask, inquire.
From Middle English fraynen, freinen (“to ask”), from Old English freġnan, friġnan (“to ask, inquire, learn”), from Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, from Proto-Germanic *frehnaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”). Cognates Cognate with Icelandic fregna (“to ask, inquire”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan, “to ask”). Related also to Dutch vragen (“to ask”), German fragen (“to ask”), Norwegian frega (“to ask”), Latin precor (“ask, beseech”), Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛccháti, “to ask”), Lithuanian prašyti (“to request”), Polish prosić (“to request”).
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- Inherited-form mentionfraynenenm
- Inherited-form mentionfreġnanang
- Inherited-form mention*fregnangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*frehnanągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*preḱ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionfregnais
- Cognate mention𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽got
- Cognate mentionvragennl
- Cognate mentionfragende
- Cognate mentionfregano
- Cognate mentionprecorla
- Cognate mentionपृच्छतिsa
- Cognate mentionprašytilt
- Cognate mentionprosićpl
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