Proto-Germanic
*frumjaną
‘to further, promote’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *frumjaną.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną, most familiar first.
- perform ← parformen ← performer ← parfornir ← *frummjan
- furnish ← furnysshen ← furniss- ← *frumjan
- veneer ← Furnier ← furnieren ← fournir ← fornir
- forniphilia ← fornir ← *frumjan
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *frumjaną