veneer

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*frumjaną“to further, promote”
2. Frankish · derived fromfrumjan“to provide”
3. Old French · derived fromfornir
4. Middle French · derived fromfornir
5. French · derived fromfournir“to furnish, accomplish”
6. German · derived fromFurnier
7. English todayveneer

From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish.

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