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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *furi.

Preposition edit

*furi

for [+accusative]
before (in time) [+accusative]
forward

Descendants edit

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)