*furi^¹

Runic: ᚠᚢᚱᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈɸu.ri/

adverb

Meanings

before, forward

From Pre-Germanic *pr̥h₂-i, from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (‘before, in front’).

*furi (Proto-West Germanic)
- furi, fure (Old Dutch)
  - vuere, vuer (Middle Dutch)
    - veur (Dutch)
      - vir (Afrikaans)
*furi (Proto-West Germanic)
- for, ᚠᚩᚱᚨ, fore (Old English)
  - for (Middle English)
    - for (English)
    - for (Scots)
    - vor, var (Yola)
*furi (Proto-West Germanic)
- fori, for (Old Frisian)
  - foar, far (Saterland Frisian)
  - foar (West Frisian)
*furi (Proto-West Germanic)
- furi (Old High German)
  - vür (Middle High German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - für, vür (Central Franconian)
    - für (German)
    - fir (Luxembourgish)
    - for (Upper Saxon German)
    - פֿאַר (far) (Yiddish)
*furi (Proto-West Germanic)
- furi (Old Saxon)
  - vör (Middle Low German)
    - för (Low German)
fyrir (Old Norse)
- fyri (Faroese)
- fyrir (Icelandic)
- føre, for, fyre (Norwegian Nynorsk)
fyrir (Old Norse)
- for, fore, fyr (Old Danish)
  - for (Danish)
fyrir (Old Norse)
- fyri(r), for (Old Swedish)
  - före, för (Swedish)
fyr (Old Norse)
- fyri (Faroese)
- fyrir (Icelandic)
- føre, for, fyre (Norwegian Nynorsk)
fyr (Old Norse)
- for, fore, fyr (Old Danish)
  - for (Danish)
fyr (Old Norse)
- fyri(r), for (Old Swedish)
  - före, för (Swedish)
𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 (faur) (Gothic)