Where does “frimas” come from?

frimas (Middle French) comes from Old French frimas, from Old French frime, from Old English hrīm, from Proto-Germanic hrīmaz, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

Ancestry of “frimas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfrimas
2Old Frenchfrimehoarfrost
3Old Englishhrīmhoarfrost
4Proto-Germanichrīmaz
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “frimas

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey-Every word from Proto-Germanic hrīmazEvery word from Old English hrīm
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