för
Swedish
/føːr/
adverb
Definitions
- too; To an excessive degree
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish for inherited from Proto-Germanic *furai (before, in front of) inherited from Old Swedish fyrir inherited from Old Norse fyrir (before, for) inherited from Proto-Germanic *furi (for, before, forward).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*furi
Gloss
for, before, forward
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bond for deed English
- for English
- forasmuch English
- forcause English
- forever English
- formenism English
- forwhy English
- herefor English
- herefore English
- therefor English
- therefore English
- wherefore English
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- fordi Norwegian Bokmål
- *fora Proto-Germanic
- *furai Proto-Germanic
- *furi Proto-Germanic
- *furiz Proto-Germanic
- *furizô Proto-Germanic
- a Swedish
- butik Swedish
- bättra Swedish
- bättre Swedish
- extraförmån Swedish
- fader Swedish
- förbutik Swedish
- förbättra Swedish
- före Swedish
- förfader Swedish
- förhand Swedish
- förhandsgranska Swedish
- förkläde Swedish
- förkämpe Swedish
- förmån Swedish
- förnamn Swedish
- förspel Swedish
- försprång Swedish
- försyn Swedish
- hand Swedish
- här Swedish
- härför Swedish
- kläde Swedish
- kämpe Swedish
- läkemedelsförmån Swedish
- mån Swedish
- namn Swedish
- naturaförmån Swedish
- spel Swedish
- språng Swedish
- syn Swedish
- upp Swedish
- uppför Swedish
- uppförsbacke Swedish
- var Swedish
- varför Swedish
- fordi Norwegian Nynorsk
- beforan Old English
- for Old English
- for Middle English
- forfaðir Old Norse
- fyrir Old Norse
- fyrr Old Norse
- fyrir Icelandic
- fora Old High German
- fora- Old High German
- furi Old High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- *forē gmw-pro
- *furh gmw-pro
- *furi gmw-pro
- fora Old Dutch
- furi Old Saxon
- for Old Swedish
- forbætra Old Swedish
- fyrir Old Swedish
- hvar fore Old Swedish
- hær fore Old Swedish
- fyri Westrobothnian
- fȯr Westrobothnian
- fi Jamaican Creole