Where does “frajer” come from?

frajer (Czech) comes from Old Czech frejieř, from German freier, from German frei, from Middle High German vrî, from Old High German frī, from Proto-West Germanic frī, from Proto-Germanic frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European priHós — to love, to please.

frajer (Czech): cool guy; boyfriend

Definitions

  1. cool guy; boyfriend

Ancestry of “frajer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechfrejieřphilanderer, womanizer
2Germanfreiercomparative degree of frei
3Germanfreifree; unenslaved; unimprisoned; free;...
4Middle High Germanvrî
5Old High Germanfrīfree
6Proto-West Germanicfrīfree
7Proto-Germanicfrijazfree
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpriHósdear, beloved; happy, free
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpreyH-to love, to please
Every word from Proto-Indo-European preyH-