Etymology

Freyja

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Today it means: A deity among the Vanir associated with sex, death, and seiðr, who receives half of those who die in battle in the afterlife field Fólkvangr (the other half going to Odin's hall, Valhalla), and whose brother is Freyr. Full definition →

Old Norse Freyja ← Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*frawjǭ
  2. Old Norse · borrowed fromFreyja
  3. English todayFreyja

Borrowed from Old Norse Freyja, from freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.

Words from the same roots

Old NorseFreyja all →

Freya

Proto-Germanic*frawjǭ all →

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