Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furdu

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 *furduz.

Noun

*furdu m

1. ford

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*furdu
Genitive	*furdō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*furdu	*furdiwi, *furdō
Accusative	*furdu	*furdū
Genitive	*furdō	*furdiwō
Dative	*furdiwi, *furdō	*furdum
Instrumental	*furdu	*furdum

Descendants

• Old English: ford
  • Middle English: ford, furd, foord
    • English: ford
    • Scots: furde, furd, fuird
  • ⇒ English: Chelmsford (from a contraction of Ċēolmǣres + ford)
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *forð (“road”) (see there for further descendants)
• Old Frisian: forda
  • West Frisian: furde
• Old Saxon: ford
  • Middle Low German: furd, vōrde, vōrt
    • German Low German: Föörd
• Old Dutch: furda, *ford
  • Middle Dutch: vort, vōort
    • Dutch: voord, voort, voorde
• Old High German: furt
  • Middle High German: vurt
    • German: Furt
    • → Saterland Frisian: Fúurt