English
forewind
From fore- + wind.
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 *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’
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Proto-Germanic *windaz ‘wind’
Proto-West Germanic *wind ‘wind’
Old English wind ‘wind’
Middle English wynd
English wind
Today it means
noun A favourable wind.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forewind