The Sanskrit DNA of 'Friend'

•Priyajana प्रियजन [Sanskrit, = dear person] 

•Friyajana (p प > ph फ > f फ़)

•Frijajana (y य > j ज)

•Frijadana (j ज > d द as in Sanskrit words Jyoti ज्योति to Dyuti द्युति; vijyoti विज्योती to vidyut विद्युत् )

•Frijanada (interchange of sequence of letters d & n)

•Frijond  [Gothic]

•Frijojanan [Proto-Germanic] 

•Friunt  [Middle High German] 

•Freund [German] 

•Friund [OldFrisian]

•Frændi [Old Norse]

•Freond [Old English, = friend, lover relative]

•Friend [English]

Note: The etymology of friend presented here is my personal view. It is different from the established etymology by linguists who say that the European languages came from proto-Indo-European language and not from Sanskrit.