Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fra-

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fra-, merging with *fur- and *firi-.

Prefix

*fra-

forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or "off of"
used as an intensifier for adjectives, indicating completeness or fullness

Derived terms

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Descendants

Old English: for-, fer-, fær-, fier-
- Middle English: far-, fer-, for-
  - English: for-
  - Scots: for-
Old Frisian: for-
- Saterland Frisian: fer-
- West Frisian: for-, fer-
Old Saxon: far-, fir-
- Middle Low German: vor-
  - Low German: for-, ver-
Old Dutch: far-, for-, fer-
- Middle Dutch: ver-
  - Dutch: ver-
Old High German: far-, fir-
- Middle High German: ver-
  - German: ver-
  - Yiddish: פֿאַר־‎ (far-)