frumsceaft
Old English
noun
Definitions
- creation (abstract concept or created thing)
- origin, original place or state
Etymology
Compound from Old English fruma (beginning, chief) + Old English sċeaft (shaft, creation).
Origin
Old English
sċeaft
Gloss
shaft, creation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *frumô Proto-Germanic
- *skaftaz Proto-Germanic
- feasceaft Old English
- fruma Old English
- frumcynn Old English
- frumcyrr Old English
- gesceaft Old English
- guþfruma Old English
- landfruma Old English
- ordfruma Old English
- sċeaft Old English
- wansceaft Old English
- saft Middle English
- schaft Middle English
- schafte Middle English
- shafft Middle English
- shaft Middle English