Where does “frumhrægl” come from?

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

frumhrægl (Old English): first garment referring to the first clothes made by God after the fall of Adam and Eve

Definitions

  1. first garment referring to the first clothes made by God after the fall of Adam and Eve

Ancestry of “frumhrægl”, step by step

frumhrægl 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 hræġl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhræġlgarment, dress, robe
Every word from Proto-Germanic frumô →Every word from Old English fruma →