Where does “פֿרום” come from?

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

פֿרום (Yiddish): religious; pious; observant, Orthodox, frum

Definitions

  1. religious; pious; observant, Orthodox, frum

Ancestry of “פֿרום”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvrumeefficient, good, righteous
2Old High Germanfrumabenefit
3Proto-Germanicfrumôfirst

Words derived from “פֿרום”

Every word from Proto-Germanic frumô →Every word from Old High German fruma →Every word from Middle High German vrume →