English
Frig
Frig comes from Old English Frīġ, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Frijjō.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Frijjōreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Frījureconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Frīġ
- Englishearliest quotation 1943Frig
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Frijjōreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Frījureconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Frīġ
- Englishearliest quotation 1943Frig
Earliest quotation: 1943, Frank Merry Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England: “The cult of the fertility goddess Frig is sufficiently…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Frijjō / Frig