Words that come from Proto-Germanic “frijaz”

400 words across 35 languages descend from Proto-Germanic frijaz — including free, friend, freedom, afraid, friendly, friendship, Free, Frederick.

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English (229)

Swedish (38)

Dutch (30)

Icelandic (12)

Danish (8)

Old Dutch (7)

Luxembourgish (7)

Faroese (6)

Middle Dutch (6)

Italian (6)

French (5)

West Frisian (4)

Russian (4)

Old Frisian (3)

Norwegian (3)

Latin (3)

Japanese (3)

Old High German (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Fiji Hindi (2)

Gothic (2)

Polish (2)

Latvian (2)

North Frisian (2)

Welsh (2)

Frankish (1)

Chinese (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Danish (1)

Czech (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Korean (1)

Esperanto (1)