Where does “פֿרומקײַט” come from?

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

פֿרומקײַט (Yiddish): piety

Definitions

  1. piety

Ancestry of “פֿרומקײַט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿרוםreligious; pious; observant, Orthodox, frum
2Middle High Germanvrumeefficient, good, righteous
3Old High Germanfrumabenefit
4Proto-Germanicfrumôfirst
Every word from Proto-Germanic frumô →Every word from Old High German fruma →Every word from Middle High German vrume →
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