Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/forþ

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 *furþą.

Adverb

*forþ

1. forward
2. onward, forth

Related terms

• *forē
• *forw
• *fra-
• *fram
• *furdu
• *furi

 

Derived terms

• *forþōn

Descendants

• Old English: forþ, forð
  • Middle English: forth, vorð, furth, feorð, forh, fort, ford
    • English: forth
    • Scots: furth
• Old Frisian: forth
  • Saterland Frisian: fout
  • West Frisian: fuort
• Old Saxon: forth, forð
  • Middle Low German: fort, vort
    • German Low German: foort
    • → Danish: fort
    • → Norwegian: fort
    • → Swedish: fort
• Old Dutch: forth
  • Middle Dutch: vort, voort
    • Dutch: voort
    • Jersey Dutch: vôrt
• Old High German: forth
  • Middle High German: vort
    • Cimbrian: vort
    • German: fort

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “forth”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Vladimir Orel (2003) “*furþ(a)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
• Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “voort1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press