Etymology

A formation on OE þǣr + fro (prep.).

PGmc Ancestor

*frama

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

frá ‘from’
(ONP frá (præp.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far frá, Icel frá, Norw frå, ODan fran, fra, Dan fra, Sw från, Sw dial frå

OE Cognate

fram, from 'from, by, of'

Phonological and morphological markers

loss of nasal consonant in ON

Summary category

A1*c

Attestation

See fro (adv., prep.).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 4638

Bibliography

MED ther-from adv., OED therefro adv., Dance fro (a)(prep.), Bj. 100–101, SPS 65–7, 298–9, CV frá, de Vries frá, Mag. frá, Bj-L. fram, Orel *frama, AEW fram (1, 2)