Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fram
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)