Where does “gæstfri” come from?

gæstfri (Danish) comes from Danish fri, from Middle Low German vrīen, from Old Saxon friohon, from Proto-West Germanic frijōn, from Proto-Germanic frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European prāy- — to like, love.

gæstfri (Danish): hospitable

Definitions

  1. hospitable

Ancestry of “gæstfri”, step by step

gæstfri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish fri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfrito propose; free; vacant, unoccupied
2Middle Low Germanvrīento free; to marry
3Old Saxonfriohonto free, to liberate; to like, to love, to honour
4Proto-West Germanicfrijōnto love
5Proto-Germanicfrijōnąto love; to free; to like
6Proto-Indo-Europeanprāy-to like, love

via Danish gæst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishgæstvisitor, guest; imperative of gæste
2Old Norsegestrguest
3Proto-Norseᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉguest
4Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “gæstfri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European prāy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frijōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic frijōn →