esfreer
Old French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to scare; to frighten
- (reflexive) to be scared; to be afraid
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *exfridāre derived from Frankish *friþu (security, peace) derived from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (peace, reconciliation, sanctuary) derived from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*prāy-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *exfridāre Latin
- Fredesindi Latin
- effrayer French
- *preyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *priHós Proto-Indo-European
- *prāy- Proto-Indo-European
- *frijaz Proto-Germanic
- *frijōną Proto-Germanic
- *friþuz Proto-Germanic
- friðr Old Norse
- effreer Old French
- esfroier Old French
- fridu Old High German
- Prenda Albanian
- e premte Albanian
- effreer Middle French
- *friþu gmw-pro
- fritho Old Dutch
- frithu Old Dutch
- *friþu Frankish