Where does “wildvreemde” come from?
wildvreemde (Dutch) comes from Dutch wildvreemd, from German wildfremd, from German fremd, from Middle High German vremde, from Old High German fremidi, from Proto-West Germanic framiþī, from Proto-Germanic framaþiz, from Swedish fram — passed , crossed.
wildvreemde (Dutch): a complete stranger
Definitions
- a complete stranger
Ancestry of “wildvreemde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wildvreemd | completely unknown, foreign, unfamiliar |
| 2 | German | wildfremd | foreign, completely unknown |
| 3 | German | fremd | strange; foreign; external |
| 4 | Middle High German | vremde | stranger, foreigner; strange, foreign |
| 5 | Old High German | fremidi | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | framiþī | foreign, strange |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | framaþiz | foreign, alien, strange |
| 8 | Swedish | fram | forward, in front |
| 9 | Old Norse | fram | forward, forth |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | fram | from; by, due to; forth, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | framaz | forward, prominent |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | prom- | forth, forward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |