Proto-Germanic

*furi

‘for, before’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *furi.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *furi, most familiar first.

• for ← *furi
• forbid ← forbeden ← forbēodan ← *furibeudaną

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *furi