Where does “פֿרומאַק” come from?

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

פֿרומאַק (Yiddish): a pious or religious Jew

Definitions

  1. a pious or religious Jew

Ancestry of “פֿרומאַק”, step by step

פֿרומאַק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish פֿרום

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿרוםreligious; pious; observant, Orthodox, frum
2Middle High Germanvrumeefficient, good, righteous
3Old High Germanfrumabenefit
4Proto-Germanicfrumôfirst

via Yiddish ־אַק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־אַק—
Every word from Proto-Germanic frumô →Every word from Old High German fruma →Every word from Middle High German vrume →