foran
Old English
adv
Definitions
- before
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *fur- (for-).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fur-
Gloss
for-
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forn English
- forīs Latin
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *fra- Proto-Germanic
- *fur- Proto-Germanic
- *furai Proto-Germanic
- *forþyrstan Old English
- be- Old English
- beforan Old English
- beforancweþan Old English
- forn Old English
- before Middle English
- bifore Middle English
- forn Middle English
- an Cimbrian
- braan Cimbrian
- bóar Cimbrian
- forana Old Saxon