Etymograph

English

Frum

Frum comes from Yiddish פֿרום ‘religious, pious, observant’, from Middle High German vrume ‘efficient, good, righteous’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pr- ‘before, formerly’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr-‘before, formerly’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frumôreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050fruma‘benefit’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vrume‘efficient, good, righteous’
  5. Yiddishmodernפֿרוםfrum‘religious, pious, observant’
  6. EnglishtodayFrum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr-‘before, formerly’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frumôreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050fruma‘benefit’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vrume‘efficient, good, righteous’
  5. Yiddishmodernפֿרוםfrum‘religious, pious, observant’
  6. EnglishtodayFrum

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pr- ‘before, formerly’

foremost, veneer, 2 more

through Proto-Germanic *frumô

former, 2 more

Another origin of Frum

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentאַבְרָםAvrám‘Abram’
  2. Hebrew, derived1880s–presentאברהם
  3. Hebrew, derived1880s–presentאברם
  4. Yiddishmodernsame formafrom
  5. EnglishtodayFrum

Today it means

name A surname from Yiddish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pr- / Frum

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