fruo

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frō (“early”).

Adverb

fruo

1. early

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vroe, vroech
  • Dutch: vroeg
    • Afrikaans: vroeg
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: fruku
    • Javindo: froeg
    • Negerhollands: vroe, fru, vrue
    • → Manado Malay: fruk
    • → North Moluccan Malay: fruk
    • → Sranan Tongo: fruku (see there for further descendants)
    • →⇒ West Frisian: froeger

Further reading

• “fruo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frō (“early”).

Adverb

fruo

1. early

Descendants

• Middle High German: vruo, vrū, vrūge, vrō, vrōwe, fruo, frū, frūge, frō, frōwe
  • Alemannic German: früe
  • German: früh
  • Luxembourgish: fréi
  • Pennsylvania German: frieh
  • Yiddish: פֿרי (fri)

Portuguese

Verb

fruo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fruir