*fram^¹

Runic: ᚠᚱᚨᛗ Pronunciation: /ˈɸrɑm/

adverb

Meanings

forth, forward
away, further

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’), Ancient Greek πρόμος (prómos) (prómos, ‘foremost one, champion, leader, prince’), Umbrian promom (‘at first, initially’), Lithuanian pi̇̀rmas (‘first’).

Descendants

fram (Old English)
- from, fram, vrom, vram, fro, fra, vra, fray (Middle English)
  - vrem, vreem, vream, vrim, vrom (Yola)
fram (Old English)
- from, fram, vrom, vram, fro, fra, vra, fray (Middle English)
  - from (English)
    - from, frome (Scots)
from (Old English)
- from, fram, vrom, vram, fro, fra, vra, fray (Middle English)
  - vrem, vreem, vream, vrim, vrom (Yola)
from (Old English)
- from, fram, vrom, vram, fro, fra, vra, fray (Middle English)
  - from (English)
    - from, frome (Scots)
from (Old Frisian)
fram (Old Saxon)
fram (Old High German)
- vram (Middle High German)
frá (Old Norse)
- frą̊ (Elfdalian)
- frá (Faroese)
- frá (Icelandic)
- frå, frø (Norwegian Nynorsk)
frá (Old Norse)
- fra, fraa, fran (Old Danish)
  - fra (Danish)
    - fra (Norwegian Bokmål)
frá (Old Norse)
- fra (Old English)
  - fra, fro (Middle English)
    - fro (English)
    - frae, fra (Geordie)
    - frae, fra, fro, fae (Scots)
frá (Old Norse)
- frā (Old Swedish)
  - frān (Old Swedish)
    - från (Swedish)
fram (Old Norse)
- fram (Faroese)
- fram (Icelandic)
fram (Old Norse)
- fram (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - fram (Norwegian Bokmål)
fram (Old Norse)
- fræm, fram (Old Danish)
  - frem (Danish)
    - frem (Norwegian Bokmål)
fram (Old Norse)
- fram (Old Swedish)
  - fram (Swedish)
𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram) (Gothic)

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