English
forwound
Forwound comes from Old English forwundian ‘to wound’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *frawundōn.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*frawundōn‘to wound, injure’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150forwundian‘to wound’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forwounden
- Englishearliest quotation 1894forwound
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*frawundōn‘to wound, injure’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150forwundian‘to wound’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forwounden
- Englishearliest quotation 1894forwound
Earliest quotation: 1894, Sir Mungo William MacCallum: “And Arthur was forwounded with a broad spear of…”
Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’
Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’
Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’
English for-
Proto-Indo-European *wen- ‘to strive, toil, win’
Proto-Germanic *wundō
Proto-West Germanic *wundu
Old English wund ‘a wound, an injury’
Middle English wund
English wound
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *frawundōn
Today it means
verb To wound or injure severely.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *frawundōn / forwound