Proto-Germanic

*frijōną

‘to free’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *frijōną.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *frijōną, most familiar first.

• free ← freen ← frēon ← *frijōn
• afraid ← affrayed ← afraien ← afrayer ← effreer
• friendly ← frendly ← frēondlīċe ← frēond ← *friund
• befree ← *befreen ← befrēoġan ← frēoġan ← *frijōn
• friendslop ← friend ← frend ← frēond ← *friund

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *frijōną