Proto-Germanic

*frumjaną

‘to further, promote’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *frumjaną.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną, most familiar first.

• perform ← parformen ← performer ← parfornir ← *frummjan
• furnish ← furnysshen ← furniss- ← *frumjan
• veneer ← Furnier ← furnieren ← fournir ← fornir
• forniphilia ← fornir ← *frumjan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *frumjaną