fro
Danish
/froːˀ/
adj
Definitions
- happy, carefree
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrō (early, happy) derived from Proto-Germanic *frawaz (energetic, happy, quick, glad).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frawaz
Gloss
energetic, happy, quick, glad
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
🎅 🎉 🎊 😀 😁 😄 😍 😘 😚 🙋 🤶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Frohnatur German
- erwartungsfroh German
- farbenfroh German
- freuen German
- froh German
- fröhlich German
- gottfroh German
- schadenfroh German
- weinfroh German
- *frawalīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *frawaz Proto-Germanic
- *fruwiþō Proto-Germanic
- fráleikr Old Norse
- frár Old Norse
- frokost Danish
- skade Danish
- skadefro Danish
- frár Icelandic
- frao Old High German
- frewan Old High German
- frō Old High German
- vrō Middle High German
- frōlīk Old Dutch
- vrō Middle Low German
- fra Old Saxon
- fro Old Saxon
- frō Old Saxon
- fråbrägd Westrobothnian
- frȯijen Westrobothnian
- froo Plautdietsch