English
Freya
Freya comes from Old Norse Freyja ‘mistress, lady’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frawjǭ‘lady, wife of a lord’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Freyja‘mistress, lady’
- EnglishtodayFreya
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frawjǭ‘lady, wife of a lord’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Freyja‘mistress, lady’
- EnglishtodayFreya
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ ‘lady, wife of a lord’
Today it means
name A female given name from Old Norse of mostly British usage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ / Freya