frouwa

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ. Cognate with Old Saxon frūa, Old English frōwe.

Noun

frouwa f

lady

Declension

Declension of frouwa (ō-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	frouwa	frouwā
accusative	frouwa	frouwā
genitive	frouwa	frouwōno
dative	frouwu	frouwōm

Descendants

Middle High German: vrouwe, vrowe
- Alemannic German: Frau
  Alsatian: Fràui, Fràù, Frài, Froi, Fròi, Fraù, Frœy, Fráw, Frá
  
  Walser: frou
- Bavarian: Frau
  Cimbrian: brau
- Central Franconian:
  Hunsrik: Fraa
- East Central German:
  Silesian East Central German: Froo
- German: Frau, Fr.; Fraue; Fraw, Frawe
  - Unserdeutsch: Frau
  - → English: frau
  - → Russian: фра́у (fráu)
- Luxembourgish: Fra
- Rhine Franconian: Fra
  Pennsylvania German: Fra
  
  Palatine German: Fraa
- Vilamovian: fraoj
- Yiddish: פֿרוי‎ (froy)

References

Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

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