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- Proto-Germanic · derived from*Frijjō
- Old Norse · derived fromFrigg
- English todayFrigg
From Old Norse Frigg, from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Cognate with the native Old English Frīġ. Doublet of Priya.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
frigg
Today it means: The wife of Odin, and the Norse/Germanic goddess of married love, the heavens, home and hearth, after whom Friday is named (due to her being identified with Venus). Full definition →
Old Norse Frigg ← Proto-Germanic *Frijjō