beforan
Old English
prep
Definitions
- before
Etymology
Compound from Old English be- (be-, by, near) + Old English foran (front, forward, before, in front).
Origin
Old English
foran
Gloss
front, forward, before, in front
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- before English
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *fur- Proto-Germanic
- *furai Proto-Germanic
- *furi Proto-Germanic
- be- Old English
- beforancweþan Old English
- cweþan Old English
- foran Old English
- be- Middle English
- before Middle English
- bifore Middle English
- fore Middle English
- forn Middle English
- fora Old High German
- fora- Old High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- *forē gmw-pro
- *furh gmw-pro
- fora Old Dutch
- for Old Swedish
- fyrir Old Swedish