Contionary:fråm

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Cleepoyish

Alternative Forms

  • from (non-standard)

Etymology

From Old Cleepoyish frꜵm, from, from Proto-Lesionic *fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Cleepoyish) IPA: /ɸrɔm/
  • (Old Cleepoyish) IPA: /ɸrɒm/

Preposition

fråm

  1. [with dative] by, because of, due to

Adverb

  1. away

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk from, fram, from Old Skundavisk fram, from Halmisk ᚠᚱᚨᛗ (fråm), from Proto-Germanic *fram. The irregular shift fram > from happened around the 13th century and may be due to Frisian influence. When the letter å became widely used in the 17th century, the word was respelt fråm to reflect its etymology.

Pronunciation

Preposition

fråm

  1. from
    Si kommen fråm Dietskland.
    They come from Germany.

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