Editing Frigg (section)

=== Etymology ===
The [[theonym]]s ''Frigg'' (Old Norse), ''Frīja'' ([[Old High German]]), ''Frīg'' ([[Old English]]), ''Frīa'' ([[Old Frisian]]), and ''Frī'' ([[Old Saxon]]) are [[cognate]]s (linguistic siblings from the same origin).{{Sfnp|de Vries|1962|p=143}}{{sfnp|Simek|2007|pp=93–94}}{{sfnp|Orel|2003|p=114}} They stem from the [[Proto-Germanic]] feminine noun ''*[[Frijjō]]'', which emerged as a [[substantivized]] form of the adjective [[Asterisk#Historical linguistics|*]]''frijaz'' ('free') via [[Holtzmann's law]].{{sfnp|Orel|2003|p=114}} In a clan-based societal system, the meaning 'free' arose from the meaning 'related'.{{sfnp|Kroonen|2013|p=155}} The name is indeed etymologically close to the [[Sanskrit]] ''priyā'' and the [[Avestan]] ''fryā'' ('own, dear, beloved'), all ultimately descending from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] stem *''priH-o-'', denoting 'one's own, beloved'. The Proto-Germanic verb ''*frijōnan'' ('to love'), as well as the nouns *''frijōndz'' ('friend') and *''frijađwō'' ('friendship, peace'), are also related.{{Sfnp|de Vries|1962|p=143}}{{sfnp|Orel|2003|p=114}}{{sfnp|Kroonen|2013|p=155}}

An [[Latin declension#First declension (a)|-a suffix]] has been sometimes applied by modern editors to denote femininity, resulting in the form ''Frigga''.<ref name="ASUFFIX">See for example {{harvp|Bulfinch|1913|p=344}}.</ref> This spelling also serves the purpose of distancing the goddess from the English word ''frig'', with a primary meaning of masturbate<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frig#|title=frig|date=3 October 2024|via=Wiktionary}}</ref>{{sfn|Sheard|2011|p=238}} or to the [[Frig (interjection)|common alternative]] to the English profanity ''fuck''. Several [[toponymy|place names]] refer to Frigg in what are now Norway and Sweden, although her name is altogether absent in recorded place names in Denmark.{{sfnp|Pulsiano|Wolf|1993|p=503}}