Freyja
Icelandic
/ˈfreiːja/
proper noun
Definitions
- (Norse mythology) Freyja or Freya, a goddess associated with sex, death, and magic
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse Freyja (mistress, lady) derived from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (lady, mistress).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frawjǭ
Gloss
lady, mistress
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
婦
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Freyja English
- *proHwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *prōw- Proto-Indo-European
- Freyja Portuguese
- *frawjǭ Proto-Germanic
- Freja Swedish
- Frae Irish
- Freyja Old Norse
- freyja Old Norse
- frouva Old Norse
- frú Old Norse
- Freja Danish
- frouwa Old High German
- Froya Faroese
- *frōwa Old Dutch
- frouwa Old Dutch
- vrouweken Middle Low German
- frua Old Saxon
- frūa Old Saxon
- Frøya Norwegian