Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frumjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr-, *pro-, *perəm-, *prom- (“forth, forward”), from *por- (“forward, through”), *per-, with suffix *-janą.[1][2][3] More at English furnish, from.

Verb

*frumjaną

to perform, promote
to accomplish

Descendants

Old Frankish: *frumjan
- Catalan: fornir
- Old French: fornir, furnir; /parfornir, parfurnir
  - French: fournir
  - Middle English: furnysshen; performen, parfournen
    - English: furnish; perform
- Italian: fornire
Old Saxon: frummian
Old High German: frumjan
- German: frommen
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frumjan)

References

“Proto-Germanic/frumjaną” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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[1] “Proto-Germanic/frumjaną” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[2] Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

[3] Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.