Where does “guþfruma” come from?

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

guþfruma (Old English): a warlike chief

Definitions

  1. a warlike chief

Ancestry of “guþfruma”, step by step

guþfruma 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 gūþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgūþbattle, war, fight
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