Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furi

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 *furi.

Preposition

*furi

1. for [+accusative]
2. before (in time) [+accusative]
3. forward

Descendants

The descendants of this word are mostly distinguished from those of *forē by the high front vowel.

• Old English: for, fore (in meaning, the form from *forē)
  • Middle English: for
    • English: for
    • Scots: for
    • Yola: vor, var
• Old Frisian: fori, for
  • Saterland Frisian: foar, far
  • West Frisian: foar
• Old Saxon: furi
  • Middle Low German:
    • Low German: för
• Old Dutch: furi, fure
  • Middle Dutch: vuere, vuer
    • Dutch: veur (dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: vir
• Old High German: furi
  • Middle High German: vür
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: büar

      Mòcheno: ver

    • Central Franconian: für, vür (fully merged)
    • German: für
    • Luxembourgish: fir
    • Upper Saxon German: for
    • Yiddish: פֿאַר (far)