Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one. · A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman. · A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.
From Middle Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), from Old Dutch *frōwa, from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (“lady, mistress”), from Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (“right; judge, master”). Cognate with Dutch vrouw (“woman, wife, lady, mistress”), Low German frouw, frauw (“woman, wife, lady”), German Frau (“woman, wife, lady”), Swedish fru, Icelandic freyja (“lady, mistress”, in compounds), Old English frōwe (“woman”), Old English frēa (“lord, master, husband”). Doublet of frau, vrou, and vrouw.
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- Derivation mentionvrouwedum
- Derivation mention*frōwaodt
- Derivation mention*frauwjāgmw-pro
- Derivation mention*frawjǭgem-pro
- Derivation mention*prōw-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionvrouwnl
- Cognate mentionfrouwnds
- Cognate mentionFraude
- Cognate mentionfrusv
- Cognate mentionfreyjais
- Cognate mentionfrōweang
- Cognate mentionfrēaang
- Doublet mentionfrauen
- Doublet mentionvrouen
- Doublet mentionvrouwen
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