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Frijaz
Reconstructed Germanic word meaning
free
. From an Indogermanic *
prei-
, Germanic *frijon
to be fond of
. The original meaning was probably something like
from the own clan
, from which a meaning
being a free man, not a serf
developed.
Derived words
en:
free
(old English form
frî
,
frêo
)
de:
frei
(
frî
)
nl:
vrij
(
vrî
)
Gothic: freis
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