frá
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse frá, from Proto-Germanic *fram.
Pronunciation
Preposition
frá
Derived terms
- bíta frá sér
- dag frá degi (“from one day to the next”)
- fara frá
- frá morgni til kvölds (“from morning to evening”)
- segja frá (“to tell about”)
- upp frá því (“from then on”)
- vera ekki frá því að
- vera frá sér (“to be out of one's mind”)
- vera frá, koma frá (“to come from, to be from, to hail from”)
Adverb
frá
- adverbial form of preposition, used in compounds
Derived terms
- héðan í frá (“from now on”)
- til og frá (“to and fro”)
- út í frá (“among strangers”)
- vera af og frá (“to be out of the question”)
Anagrams
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Old English fram, Old Saxon fram, Old Dutch fram-, Old High German fram, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram).
Preposition
frá
Adverb
frá (not comparable)
Descendants
- Icelandic: frá
- Faroese: frá
- Old Swedish: frā
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- ⇒ Old Swedish: frān
- Swedish: från
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- Danish: fra
- Elfdalian: frą̊
- Norwegian: fra, frå
- → Old English: fra
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
frá
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/auː
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic prepositions
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse prepositions
- Old Norse adverbs
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse verb forms