Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fram
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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, “foremost one, champion, leader, prince”), Umbrian promom (“at first, initially”), Lithuanian pìrmas (“first”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]*fram
Adverb
[edit]*fram (comparative *framiz, superlative *framist)