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Where does “fraga” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fraga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*frāgu—
2Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “fraga”

  • fraglich
  • fraglos
  • Rassenfrage
  • Vertrauensfrage
  • Frage
  • Fragenkatalog
  • infrage kommen
  • Fragewort
  • Ufro
  • Fro
  • frög
  • Frooch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →