< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frafal(ī)
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from *fra- (“fully”) + *fali (“evil, cruel”), or alternatively from *fra- + *afl (“strength, power”).[1]
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *frafl | ||
| Genitive | *fraflas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *frafl | *fraflu | *frafl |
| Accusative | *fraflanā | *fraflā | *frafl |
| Genitive | *fraflas | *frafleʀā | *fraflas |
| Dative | *fraflumē | *frafleʀē | *fraflumē |
| Instrumental | *fraflu | *frafleʀu | *fraflu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fraflē | *fraflō | *fraflu |
| Accusative | *fraflā | *fraflā | *fraflu |
| Genitive | *frafleʀō | *frafleʀō | *frafleʀō |
| Dative | *fraflēm, *fraflum | *fraflēm, *fraflum | *fraflēm, *fraflum |
| Instrumental | *fraflēm, *fraflum | *fraflēm, *fraflum | *fraflēm, *fraflum |
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *fraflī | ||
| Genitive | *fraflijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fraflī | *frafliju | *fraflī |
| Accusative | *fraflijanā | *fraflijā | *fraflī |
| Genitive | *fraflijas | *fraflijeʀā | *fraflijas |
| Dative | *fraflijumē | *fraflijeʀē | *fraflijumē |
| Instrumental | *frafliju | *fraflijeʀu | *frafliju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fraflijē | *fraflijō | *frafliju |
| Accusative | *fraflijā | *fraflijā | *frafliju |
| Genitive | *fraflijeʀō | *fraflijeʀō | *fraflijeʀō |
| Dative | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum |
| Instrumental | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum |
Derived terms
- *frafalārī
- *frafalēn
- *frafalī
- *frafalihaidu
- *frafalilīk
- *frafalimōd
- *frafalitāt
- *frafalō
Descendants
- Old English: fræfele, frævol
- >? Scots: frewall
- ⇒ Old English: fræfelnes
- Old Frisian: *frevel
- Saterland Frisian: friewel
- Old Saxon: fravol
- Middle Low German: vrêvel, vrevel, frêvel, wrevel, vreffel
- Old High German: frafali, fravali
- Middle High German: vrevel, vrävel, vrevele, vrabel, vrebel
- German: frevel, frebels
- Middle High German: vrevel, vrävel, vrevele, vrabel, vrebel
- → Medieval Latin: frafalius, farfalius (“empty, trifling, worthless, frivolous”)
References
- Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “wrevel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.