Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/forē

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *furai.

Preposition

*forē

1. before, in front of [+dative]

Descendants

The descendants of this word are mostly distinguished from those of *furi by the mid back vowel.

• Old English: fore
  • Middle English: fore
    • Scots: fore
    • English: fore
• Old Frisian: fora, fore
• Old Saxon: fora, for, fore, fur, far
  • German Low German: för, vär, veer, ver; vör, vœr
• Old Dutch: fora, fore
  • Middle Dutch: vōre, vor, vōor
    • Dutch: voor
      • Afrikaans: voor
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: foro
      • Javindo: foor
      • Negerhollands: voor, fo, for
      • Jersey Dutch: för, f'r
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: voor (dated)
      • Petjo: voor, foor
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: foo, fou
    • Limburgish: veur
• Old High German: fora, for, fore
  • Middle Low German: vor, vore
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: vóar, bóar

      Mòcheno: vour

    • Central Franconian: vür
    • German: vor