Where does “fromm” come from?

fromm (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German vrume, from Old High German fruma, from Proto-Germanic frumô — first.

fromm (Pennsylvania German): pious, devout; gentle, tractable

Definitions

  1. pious, devout; gentle, tractable

Ancestry of “fromm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvrumeefficient, good, righteous
2Old High Germanfrumabenefit
3Proto-Germanicfrumôfirst
Every word from Proto-Germanic frumô →Every word from Old High German fruma →Every word from Middle High German vrume →