Where does “Fremdgänger” come from?
Fremdgänger (German) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic fram — passed , crossed.
Fremdgänger (German): cheater, one who has an affair (a relationship with someone other than one's partner)
Definitions
- cheater, one who has an affair (a relationship with someone other than one's partner)
Ancestry of “Fremdgänger”, step by step
Fremdgänger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fremd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fremd | strange; foreign; external |
| 2 | Middle High German | vremde | stranger, foreigner; strange, foreign |
| 3 | Old High German | fremidi | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | framiþī | foreign, strange |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | framaþiz | foreign, alien, strange |
| 6 | Swedish | fram | forward, in front |
| 7 | Old Norse | fram | forward, forth |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fram | from; by, due to; forth, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | framaz | forward, prominent |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | prom- | forth, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |