Etymograph

English

Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg comes from German Vorarlberg.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentVorarlberg
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentVorarlberg
  2. Englishtodaysame form

A compound of vor ‘before’ + Arlberg ‘massif shared between Vorarlberg and Tyrol’

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘before, in front’

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-éy

Proto-Germanic *furai ‘before’

Proto-West Germanic *forē ‘before, in front of’

Old High German fora ‘before, against, in the presence of’

Middle High German vore

German vor ‘before’

The story

Borrowed from German Vorarlberg (literally, "before the Arlberg"), from vor (‘before; in front of’) + Arlberg (‘massif shared between Vorarlberg and Tyrol’).

Every English word from German Vorarlberg

Today it means

name The westernmost federal state of Austria. Capital: Bregenz.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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