Where does “frumcenned” come from?

frumcenned (Old English) comes from Old English fruma, from Proto-Germanic frumô — first.

frumcenned (Old English): firstborn

Definitions

  1. firstborn

Ancestry of “frumcenned”, step by step

frumcenned traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fruma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfrumabeginning, origin; prince, king, chief, ruler....
2Proto-Germanicfrumôfirst

via Old English cenned

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcenned—
Every word from Proto-Germanic frumô →Every word from Old English fruma →