Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frijadōm

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *frī (“free”) +‎ *-dōm.

Noun

*frijadōm m

freedom

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*frijadōm(a)
Genitive	*frijadōmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frijadōm(a)	*frijadōmōs
Accusative	*frijadōm(a)	*frijadōmā
Genitive	*frijadōmas	*frijadōmō
Dative	*frijadōmē	*frijadōmum
Instrumental	*frijadōmu	*frijadōmum

Descendants

Old English: frēodōm, frīodōm, frȳdōm
- Middle English: fredom, fredam, fredome, ffredom, freedom, freedome (Late Middle English), freodom (Early Middle English), vridom (Kent), freodam (Worcestershire)
  - English: freedom
  - Scots: freedom
Old Frisian: frīdōm
- North Frisian: fridoem
- Saterland Frisian: Fräidum
- West Frisian: frijdoem
Old Saxon: *frīdōm
- Middle Low German: vrîdôm
  - German Low German: Freeidoom
  - Low German: fridom
  - → Norwegian: fridom
Old Dutch: *frīduom
- Middle Dutch: vrijdom
  - Dutch: vrijdom
    - Afrikaans: vrydom
Old High German: frītuom
- Middle High German: vrītuom
  - German: Freitum (dialectal)