Where does “frummer” come from?

frummer (English) comes from Yiddish פֿרום, from Middle High German vrume, from Old High German fruma, from Proto-Germanic frumô — first.

frummer (English): A Jew who is frum (pious and observant of Jewish laws and customs)

Definitions

  1. A Jew who is frum (pious and observant of Jewish laws and customs)

Ancestry of “frummer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿרוםreligious; pious; observant, Orthodox, frum
2Middle High Germanvrumeefficient, good, righteous
3Old High Germanfrumabenefit
4Proto-Germanicfrumôfirst
Every word from Proto-Germanic frumô →Every word from Old High German fruma →Every word from Middle High German vrume →