Etymograph

English

Freilich

Freilich comes from Yiddish פֿריילעך ‘happy, cheerful’, from פֿרייד ‘joy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*prew-‘to jump’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frawiþō‘joy’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050frouwida
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vrowede
  5. Yiddishmodernפֿרייד‘joy’
  6. Yiddish, derivedmodernפֿריילעךfreylekh‘happy, cheerful’
  7. EnglishtodayFreilich

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*prew-‘to jump’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frawiþō‘joy’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050frouwida
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vrowede
  5. Yiddishmodernפֿרייד‘joy’
  6. Yiddish, derivedmodernפֿריילעךfreylekh‘happy, cheerful’
  7. EnglishtodayFreilich

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump’

frog, frolic, frosh, 2 more

Today it means

name A surname from Yiddish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *prew- / Freilich

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