Words that come from Proto-Germanic frijōną

400 words across 58 languages descend from Proto-Germanic frijōną — including friend, afraid, friendly, friendship, Frederick, girlfriend, boyfriend, Friedman.

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English (102)

German (55)

Danish (23)

Dutch (20)

Swedish (17)

Old Norse (13)

Middle English (12)

Icelandic (11)

Old English (10)

Proto-Germanic (8)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Faroese (6)

Middle Dutch (6)

Old Dutch (6)

Luxembourgish (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Gothic (5)

Italian (5)

Serbo-Croatian (5)

Old French (5)

Korean (4)

Tok Pisin (4)

West Frisian (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Norwegian (3)

Latin (3)

Russian (3)

Japanese (3)

Cebuano (3)

Scottish Gaelic (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Old High German (2)

Old Frisian (2)

French (2)

Lithuanian (2)

Latvian (2)

North Frisian (2)

Welsh (2)

Finnish (2)

Spanish (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Frankish (1)

Chinese (1)

Old Danish (1)

Czech (1)

Polish (1)

Middle French (1)

Esperanto (1)

Old Swedish (1)

German Low German (1)

Portuguese (1)

Kriol (1)

Romanian (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Scots (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)