Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “prēy-”
400 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European prēy- — including free, friend, freedom, afraid, friendly, friendship, Free, Frederick.
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English (229)
- free
- friend
- freedom
- afraid
- friendly
- friendship
- Free
- Frederick
- girlfriend
- boyfriend
- Friedman
- Fritz
- Godfrey
- friendliness
- freer
- freelance
- Siegfried
- freemen
- freeway
- carefree
- Federico
- freeman
- befriend
- unafraid
- freestanding
- Freetown
- affray
- filibuster
- Friedmann
- unfree
- freehand
- freestyle
- freestone
- freewheeling
- freemasonry
- freeborn
- FreeBSD
- freethinker
- freethinking
- freebooter
- unfreedom
- freelancer
- frith
- freeness
- freefall
- freewriting
- freebooting
- riskfree
- freemason
- Fritzie
- schoolfriend
- freebase
- handsfree
- freestream
- glutenfree
- freewheel
- freewoman
- painfree
- Freenet
- freehanded
- Freelander
- friendlily
- nonfree
- errorfree
- meshfree
- sugarfree
- drugfree
- freeholding
- overfriendly
- stressfree
- freehearted
- Friedmanite
- freerunning
- scalefree
- freeload
- befriender
- unfriend
- freeflow
- flibustier
- freehub
- carefreeness
- filibusterism
- semifree
- unfreely
- freeride
- filibusterer
- freeth
- Frederician
- biofriendly
- freestyler
- penfriend
- overfriendliness
- freestore
- hasslefree
- squarefree
- nonfriend
- nonfreedom
- saltfree
- guiltfree
- Friedmanian
- freepost
- friendy
- crimefree
- dustfree
- cloudfree
- lintfree
- envyfree
- friendlike
- freesheet
- waterfree
- bugfree
- girlf
- freehandedness
- carfree
- superfriend
- antifreedom
- manfriend
- boyfriendless
- woodfree
- freeroll
- nonfriendly
- unfriendship
- freedomless
- freerun
- womanfriend
- quasifree
- freeable
- girlfriendly
- freetail
- freewheeler
- overfree
- friendo
- guestfriendship
- girlfriendy
- afraidness
- workfree
- befriendeth
- cofree
- freeish
- carefreely
- frithstool
- girlfriendless
- freehandedly
- shearfree
- galfriend
- unfreeness
- friendshipless
- befriendment
- freeskiing
- cyberfriend
- nonfreeway
- backfriend
- carefreedom
- befriendest
- Friedmannian
- freeheartedness
- friendish
- antifilibuster
- seamfree
- freeline
- penfriendship
- enfree
- freewheelingly
- freebaser
- tinfree
- -free
- smoke-free
- tax-free
- freeminer
- guyfriend
- free state
- user-friendly
- user-friendliness
- duty-free
- child-free
- free climbing
- wrinkle-free
- toll-free
- freeball
- sugar-free
- free-form
- risk-free
- nuclear-free
- filibusterable
- topfreedom
- topfree
- freebirther
- eco-friendly
- rent-free
- defriend
- boyfriendship
- freebander
- freebanding
- playfriend
- envirofriendly
- Jew-free
- rangefree
- twistfree
- fuckfriend
- cybergirlfriend
- friendshiplike
- nonfreestanding
- nongirlfriend
- ex-girlfriend
- freedom of assembly
- girlfriendhood
- unfreeable
- heterofriendly
- friendworthy
- affrayment
- freehood
- frithy
- enfreedom
- xenofree
- interest-free
- misfriend
- ex-friend
- Free-Stater
- freedom of association
- freelook
- cyberfreedom
- ice-free
- friendshippy
- friendshipy
- friendsome
- friendom
- friendhood
- maintenance-free
- legacy-free
Swedish (38)
- frid
- fri
- fred
- fria
- Tord
- Thord
- frimärke
- frimärkssamlare
- kostnadsfri
- friare
- frihet
- Valfrid
- tryckfrihet
- pressfrihet
- fredstid
- Fritiof
- Frideborg
- fritid
- frilufts-
- fristående
- frihetsvärdering
- fredsförhandling
- föreningsfrihet
- fredsrörelse
- frikyrka
- tryckfrihetsförordning
- yttrandefrihet
- yttrandefrihetsgrundlag
- fristad
- fredsforskning
- frihandel
- frihandelssammanslutning
- valfri
- friskola
- frigöra
- fredspris
- friplåt
- fredsverk