*frumô

Runic: ᚠᚱᚢᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸru.mɔːː/

adjective · an/īn-stem

Meanings

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Etymology

From *fr- (‘for, forward’) + *-umô (‘superlative’), from Proto-Indo-European *pr- (‘before, formerly; through, throughout’) (see *per-) + Pre-Germanic *-m̥Hon-, from Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-.

Declension

Strong declension

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Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
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Descendants

Adjectival forms:
Proto-West Germanic
- forma (Old English)
  - forme ⇒ Middle English: former (comparative) (Middle English)
    - former (English)
    - formar (Scots)
Proto-West Germanic
- formo (Old Saxon)
frum- (Old Norse)
- frum- (Icelandic)
- frum- (Faroese)
𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 (fruma) (Gothic)
Noun forms:
Proto-West Germanic
- fruma (“beginning; prince; originator”) (Old English)
  - frume, frome (“origin, source”) (Middle English)
Proto-West Germanic
- froma (“use, benefit”) (Old Frisian)
Proto-West Germanic
- fruma (“use, benefit”) (Old Saxon)
  - vrōme (“use, benefit”) ⇒ Middle Low German: vrōme (“righteous”) (Middle Low German)
    - from (“pious”) (Norwegian)
      - fromber (“pious”) (Old Swedish)
        
        from (“pious”) (Swedish)
        
        from (“pious”) (Danish)
Proto-West Germanic
- *fruma (Old Dutch)
  - vrome (“use, benefit”) ⇒ Middle Dutch: vrome (“firm, upright”, adjective) (Middle Dutch)
    - vroom (“pious”) (Dutch)
Proto-West Germanic
- fruma (“use, benefit”) (Old High German)
  - vrome, vrume ⇒ Middle High German: vrume (“firm, upright”, adjective) (Middle High German)
    - Fromme (German)
      - frum, frummer (English)
    - fromm; Yiddish: פֿרום (frum) (German)
      - frum, frummer (English)

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