vrien
Middle Dutch
/ˈvriːən/
verb
Definitions
- to love
- to propose, to declare one's love
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *frīon inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijōną (love, free).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frijōną
Gloss
love, free
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Freier German
- bevrijden Dutch, Flemish
- nachtvrijen Dutch, Flemish
- vrijage Dutch, Flemish
- vrijen Dutch, Flemish
- *preyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *prāy- Proto-Indo-European
- *frijōną Proto-Germanic
- *friþuz Proto-Germanic
- frēon Old English
- fría Old Norse
- *frīon Old High German
- frīen Middle High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- *frijōn gmw-pro
- *frīon Old Dutch
- friohon Old Saxon