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

before, in front of [with 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 (Low Prussian), vör, vœr
Old Dutch: fora, fore
- Middle Dutch: vōre, vor, vōor
  - Dutch: voor, vore
    - 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 (Mezzaselva)
    Mòcheno: vour
  - Central Franconian: vür
  - German: vor