frá
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse frá, from Proto-Germanic *fram.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editfrá
Derived terms
edit- 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”)
- til eða frá
- 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
editfrá
- adverbial form of preposition, used in compounds
Derived terms
edit- 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
editOld Norse
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editfrá
Adverb
editfrá (not comparable)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: frá
- Faroese: frá
- Norwegian Nynorsk: frå
- Elfdalian: frą̊
- Old Swedish: frā
- Old Danish: fra, fraa, fran
- → Old English: fra
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editfrá
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- Old Norse prepositions
- Old Norse adverbs
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