vors
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- prince princely ruler, monarch
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish vorst (frost, prince, ruler, monarch, lord) inherited from Middle Dutch vorste inherited from Old Dutch furista derived from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (first, foremost).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*furistaz
Gloss
first, foremost
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
初
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fürst German
- dauwvorst Dutch, Flemish
- grootvorst Dutch, Flemish
- kerkvorst Dutch, Flemish
- keurvorst Dutch, Flemish
- nachtvorst Dutch, Flemish
- vliegenvorst Dutch, Flemish
- vorst Dutch, Flemish
- vorst-bisschop Dutch, Flemish
- vorstbisdom Dutch, Flemish
- vorstendom Dutch, Flemish
- vorstenhuis Dutch, Flemish
- vorstin Dutch, Flemish
- vorstreus Dutch, Flemish
- *fur Proto-Germanic
- *furistaz Proto-Germanic
- fyrst Old English
- fyrstr Old Norse
- vorst Middle Dutch
- vorste Middle Dutch
- furisto Old High German
- -e- Afrikaans
- huis Afrikaans
- vorstehuis Afrikaans
- furista Old Dutch