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): second-person singular imperative of froen
Definitions
- second-person singular imperative of froen
Ancestry of “fro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | frāga | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *frāgu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | frēgō | question |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |