Where does “fremmit” come from?

fremmit (Scots) comes from Middle English fremmet, from Old English fremede, from Proto-Germanic framaþjaz, from Proto-Germanic fram-.

fremmit (Scots): foreign; unfamiliar; strange; alien

Definitions

  1. foreign; unfamiliar; strange; alien

Ancestry of “fremmit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfremmet
2Old Englishfremedefirst/third-person singular preterite of fremman;...
3Proto-Germanicframaþjaz
4Proto-Germanicfram-
Every word from Proto-Germanic fram-