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How to say "peace" in European languages (o.mastodon.au)
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[โ€“] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Pretty sure all the green ones are pronounced "Freed" rather than "Fred". The German one definitely is, the rule in German with "ie" or "ei" is that you pronounce the second letter, so "Frieden" is pronounced "Freeden". I think this is suprising close to "Freedom".

[โ€“] roguetrick@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's thought it is closely related to free and friend with a base meaning to love in the brotherly sense. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frijaz

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