Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “vrowede” come from?

vrowede (Middle High German) comes from Old High German frouwida, from Proto-Germanic frawiþō, from Proto-Germanic frawaz, from Proto-Indo-European prew- — to jump.

Ancestry of “vrowede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfrouwida—
2Proto-Germanicfrawiþōjoy
3Proto-Germanicfrawazhappy; energetic
4Proto-Indo-Europeanprew-to jump

Words derived from “vrowede”

  • schadenfreude
  • schadenfreudian
  • schadenfreuder
  • trinkfreudig
  • redefreudig
  • Reaktionsfreudigkeit
  • reaktionsfreudig
  • Vorfreude
  • Schadenfreude
  • kontaktfreudig
  • freudig
  • freudlos
  • Gebärfreudigkeit
  • gebärfreudig
  • Freudenhaus
  • Freude
  • experimentierfreudig
  • Schadenfreude
  • シャーデンフロイデ
  • skadefryd
  • skadefryd
  • Freed
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