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Frá is a preposition used in Icelandic and Faroese to mean from or away from. It marks origin, source, or the starting point of movement, and it can denote spatial distance as well as temporal beginnings. In North Germanic languages, cognates exist in other languages such as Danish fra, Norwegian fra (and frå in some dialects), and Swedish från.

In Icelandic, frá governs the dative case and is commonly used with places or people to express

Etymology traces frá to Proto-Germanic *fra- meaning “from, away.” The form is attested in Old Norse as

Frá is contrasted with other directional prepositions that express motion toward or into, while combining with

origin.
It
also
appears
in
phrases
that
indicate
the
starting
point
of
a
time
interval
or
distance,
and
it
forms
common
ranges
together
with
til
meaning
"from
…
to
…,"
as
in
frá
kl.
9
til
kl.
17
(from
9
o’clock
to
5
o’clock).
A
typical
example
is
Ég
er
frá
Íslandi
(I
am
from
Iceland).
frā,
and
survives
in
modern
Icelandic
and
Faroese
as
frá.
Related
languages
show
cognate
prepositions
with
similar
meanings,
such
as
fra
in
Danish
and
Norwegian,
and
från
in
Swedish,
reflecting
a
shared
Germanic
origin.
til
to
describe
ranges
or
opposites
(from
…
to).
Its
use
is
a
standard
feature
of
Icelandic
syntax
and
is
taught
as
part
of
basic
spatial
and
temporal
expressions.