(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to qadam; first -- first.
see HEBREW qadam
H6933. qadmay
[קַדְמָי] adjective former, first (so Nabataean, Palmyrene, ᵑ7, Syriac); — feminine singular emphatic קַדְמָֽיְתָא the first Daniel 7:4, feminine plural emphatic קַדְמָיָתָא קַרְנַיָּא the former horms 7:8, masculine plural emphatic קַדְמָיֵא 7:24.