förr
Swedish
/fœrː/
adverb
Definitions
- before (at an earlier time); in the past
- soon, early
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish fyr inherited from Old Norse fyrr inherited from Proto-Germanic *furiz, *furi (for, before, forward).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*furi
Gloss
for, before, forward
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- før Norwegian Bokmål
- *fora Proto-Germanic
- *furai Proto-Germanic
- *furi Proto-Germanic
- *furiz Proto-Germanic
- *furizô Proto-Germanic
- förrän Swedish
- än Swedish
- før Norwegian Nynorsk
- for Old English
- fyrir Old Norse
- fyrr Old Norse
- før Danish
- furi Old High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 Gothic
- *furi gmw-pro
- furi Old Saxon
- fyr Old Swedish