English

forehoof

From fore- + hoof.

Formed from fore- + hoof

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-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós

Proto-Germanic *hōfaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōf

Old English hōf ‘a hoof’

Middle English hof

English hoof

Today it means

noun A front hoof.

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

Etymograph / forehoof