friund

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

Noun

friund m (nominative plural friunde or friund)

  1. friend; loved one

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: vrient
    • Dutch: vriend, vrind
      • Afrikaans: vriend
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: frindi
      • Javindo: friend
      • Jersey Dutch: vrînt
      • Negerhollands: vriend, vrient
      • Petjo: pring (archaic)
    • Limburgish: vröndj

Further reading
  • “friund”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

Noun

friūnd m

  1. friend
    Synonym: wine
  2. blood relation

Descendants

References
  • Hofmann, Dietrich; Tjerk Popkema, Anne; co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008) Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch [Old Frisian Concise Dictionary]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
  • Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

Compare Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd, Old English frēond, Old High German friunt, Old Norse frændi, frjándi, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /friu̯nd/, [friy̯nd]

Noun

friund m

  1. friend

Declension
Declension of friund (nd-stem)
singular plural
nominative friund friund
accusative friund friund
genitive friundes friundō
dative friunde friundum
instrumental — —


Declension of friund (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative friund friundos
accusative friund friundos
genitive friundes friundō
dative friunde friundum
instrumental — —


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: vrint, vrünt, vrent
    • German Low German: Fründ, Frund, Frönd
    • Plautdietsch: Frint
    • → Old Swedish: frynt
      • Swedish: frynt (obsolete)
    • → Westrobothnian: frönter
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