Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fram

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 This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forth, forward”). Related to Proto-Germanic *framaz (“forward, prominent”) whence Old Norse framr (“forward; superior”), Old English fram (“strenuous, active, bold, strong”), German fromm (“good, upright, devout, pious”),[1] Ancient Greek πρόμος (prómos, “foremost one, champion, leader, prince”), Umbrian promom (“at first, initially”), Lithuanian pìrmas (“first”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

*fram

  1. (with dative) from
  2. (with dative) by, due to

Adverb

*fram (comparative *framiz, superlative *framist)

  1. forth, forward
  2. away, further

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*frama”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111
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