Where does “froo” come from?

froo (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German vrō, from Old Saxon frō, from Proto-Germanic frawaz, from Proto-Indo-European prew- — to jump.

froo (Plautdietsch): glad, jovial, happy, jolly

Definitions

  1. glad, jovial, happy, jolly

Ancestry of “froo”, step by step

froo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German vrō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvrōhappy; early
2Old Saxonfrōglad
3Proto-Germanicfrawazhappy; energetic
4Proto-Indo-Europeanprew-to jump

via Middle High German vrō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvrō—
2Old High Germanfraoglad; lord

Words derived from “froo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European prew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frawaz →Every word from Old Saxon frō →
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