Where does “Fro” come from?

Fro (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Fro (Luxembourgish): question

Definitions

  1. question

Ancestry of “Fro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfrāgaquestion
2Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
3Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →
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