Proto-Germanic: *frawa-
Meaning: quick, glad
Old Norse: frā-r, frō-r `hurtig, schnell'
Old Swedish: Run. frawarāδaR
Middle English: frow, frough 'lebhaft, frisch'
Old Frisian: OEFris frē, OWFris frō `verheugd'
Old Saxon: frā, { fraho }, frō, { fruo } `froh', adv. frōlīko
Middle Dutch: vrō; vrouwen, vrōien
Dutch: vrolijk
Middle Low German: vrōlik; vrowen, vrouwen
Old High German: frō, gen. frawes (8.Jh.) { frao, frō (frawēr) `strenuus, alacer (Gl.); froh' }; frouwen, frewen (9.Jh.); frawalīh, frōlīh (9.Jh.), frawēn, frōēn 'sich freuen' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: vrō, comp. vrōwer, vrȫwer, vrōer, vrȫer 'froh, heiter, erfreut'; vrȫlich adj. 'froh, fröhlich, heiter, erfreut'; vröuwen, vrouwen, vrowen, vreuwen , vrewen, vröun, vreun wk. 'froh machen, erfreuen'
German: froh, fröhlich, freuen
