från

See also: fran, Fran, frân, and frãn

Swedish

Alternative forms

• frå

Etymology

From Old Swedish frān, extended (with unexplained -n) from older Old Swedish frā (compare the archaic/dialectal alternative form frå), a proclitic form of Old Swedish fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *promo- (“forth, forward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /froːn/, /frɔn/

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Preposition

från

1. from

Further reading

• från in Svensk ordbok.