English

foreclaw

From fore- + claw.

Formed from fore- + claw

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

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

English fore-

Proto-Germanic *klawō

Proto-West Germanic *klawu

Old English clawu

Middle English clawe ‘a claw’

English claw

Today it means

noun A front claw.

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

Etymograph / foreclaw