frain
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To ask, inquire.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English frainen inherited from Old English freġnan (ask, inquire) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frehnaną (ask) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (ask, woo, request).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*preḱ-
Gloss
ask, woo, request
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
聞
Emoji
🙏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- freet English
- freety English
- postulate English
- precarious English
- precarity English
- precatory English
- *precō Latin
- apprecor Latin
- deprecatio Latin
- deprecor Latin
- dēprecātiōnem Latin
- dēprecātus Latin
- imprecari Latin
- imprecātiō Latin
- percontor Latin
- postulo Latin
- precabundus Latin
- precarius Latin
- precativus Latin
- precor Latin
- precārius Latin
- precārī Latin
- prex Latin
- procus Latin
- Fragerei German
- Fragezeichen German
- abfragen German
- anfragen German
- ausfragen German
- befragen German
- erfragen German
- festfragen German
- fragen German
- fragwürdig German
- herumfragen German
- ratfragen German
- aanvragen Dutch, Flemish
- afvragen Dutch, Flemish
- bevragen Dutch, Flemish
- navragen Dutch, Flemish
- ondervragen Dutch, Flemish
- overvragen Dutch, Flemish
- vraagal Dutch, Flemish
- vraagprijs Dutch, Flemish
- vragen Dutch, Flemish
- *preḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pr̥(ḱ)sḱéti, *pr̥sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *pr̥sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *fragjaną Proto-Germanic
- *frehnaną Proto-Germanic
- *frigjaną Proto-Germanic
- *frēgōną Proto-Germanic
- prosić Polish
- prośba Polish
- freġnan Old English
- frignan Old English
- friġnan Old English
- पृच्छति Sanskrit
- frainen Middle English
- fraynen Middle English
- frete Middle English
- fregna Old Norse
- *prositi Proto-Slavic
- fregna Icelandic
- anrheg Welsh
- rheg Welsh
- vrâgen Middle Dutch
- frāgēn Old High German
- vra Afrikaans
- vrāgen Middle High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *ɸarsketi Proto-Celtic
- vregen Middle Low German
- પ્રશ્ન Gujarati
- *pr̥šćáti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- fregnan Old Saxon
- frääge Alemannic German
- *preks Proto-Italic
- preâ Friulian
- *pr̥ćśáti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *pr̥śćáti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- fregia Old Frisian
- pirs Northern Kurdish
- 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- *preš- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- precur Dalmatian
- ਪੁੱਛਣਾ Panjabi, Punjabi
- phúčik Kalasha