פֿרײַ
'free'

ETYMOLOGY

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Got. freis, OE frēo, frī, English free, OS frī, Dutch vrij, OHG frī, MHG vrî, NHG frei (in East Switzerland still meaning 'dear, friendly'); from PGmc ✱fri(j)a- 'free'; from PIE ✱ priH-o- (or ✱prii̯ō-, or ✱prih₂ó-); from the root ✱per(ə)i- 'near, by' (or from ✱prā-i-, prah₂-i̯-, prī-, prih₂- 'to like, spare'; related to ✱fri(j)ōn- 'to love' (see פֿרײַנד); the meaning 'free' arose from 'related', which points to a clan-based social system (Kroonen).
Related: ON Frigg (Odin's wife, 'the dear one' = OHG Friia, see פֿרײַטיק), Welsh rhydd 'free', Sanskrit priyá- 'dear', Avestan friia- 'dear, friendly', Latin proprius 'own', Russian прия́тный 'pleasant'

WESTERN

Wer e מכה hot, soll sie frei tragen.
{Maißim un Schnokes vun e Handelewos, LEIPZIG 1845: 43}
- פורים is Alles frei. {44}

klɔkfrɛj זייער פֿרײַ אין רעליגיע

Holland (Netherlands)

{HOLLAND, Harderwijk 52055, Beem}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

frai̯ {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 129}

CENTRAL

HASIDIC

AMERICA

ɩn də fraːj אין די פֿרײַ 'outside'

SOUTHEASTERN

AUDIO Itzik Manger [Czernowitz / Chernivtsi, BUKOVINA]
fraj
פֿרײַ פֿון קאַנט צו קאַנט