Where does “Entfremdung” come from?

Entfremdung (German) comes from German entfremden, 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, from Old Norse fram — passed , crossed.

Entfremdung (German): alienation, estrangement; misappropriation

Definitions

  1. alienation, estrangement; misappropriation

Ancestry of “Entfremdung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanentfremdento estrange, to alienate
2Germanfremdstrange; foreign; external
3Middle High Germanvremdestranger, foreigner; strange, foreign
4Old High Germanfremidi—
5Proto-West Germanicframiþīforeign, strange
6Proto-Germanicframaþizforeign, alien, strange
7Swedishframforward, in front
8Old Norseframforward, forth
9Proto-Germanicframfrom; by, due to; forth, forward
10Proto-Germanicframazforward, prominent
11Proto-Indo-Europeanprom-forth, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “Entfremdung”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →