*fram²
Runic: ᚠᚱᚨᛗ Pronunciation: /ˈɸrɑm/preposition
Meanings
- from
- by, due to
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’).