Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/forþ

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.

From Proto-Germanic *furþą.

*forþ

1. forward
2. onward, forth

• *forþōn

• Old English: forþ, forð
  • Middle English: forth, vorð, furth, feorð, forh, fort, ford
    • English: forth
    • Scots: furth
• Old Frisian: forth
  • Saterland Frisian: fout
  • West Frisian: fuort
• Old Saxon: forth, forð
  • Middle Low German: fort, vort
    • German Low German: foort
    • → Danish: fort
    • → Norwegian: fort
    • → Swedish: fort
• Old Dutch: forth
  • Middle Dutch: vort, voort
    • Dutch: voort
    • Jersey Dutch: vôrt
• Old High German: forth
  • Middle High German: vort
    • Cimbrian: vort
    • German: fort

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “forth”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Vladimir Orel (2003) “*furþ(a)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
• Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “voort1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press