Where does “foreken” come from?
foreken (English) comes from English Fore, from German Fahr, from German Fähre, from Middle High German verren, from Old High German ferrana, from Old High German ferro, from Proto-West Germanic *ferrō, from Proto-Germanic ferrai — passed , crossed.
foreken (English): To perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time;...
Definitions
- To perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time;...
Ancestry of “foreken”, step by step
foreken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Fore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fore | A people of Papua New Guinea |
| 2 | German | Fahr | — |
| 3 | German | Fähre | ferry |
| 4 | Middle High German | verren | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ferrana | from afar |
| 6 | Old High German | ferro | afar; skipper |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ferrō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English ken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ken | To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | kenning | — |
| 3 | Middle English | kennen | to make known |
| 4 | Old English | cennan | to make known, declare; to produce, bring forth,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kannjan | to beget, bring forth |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kanjaną | to beget, bring forth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵonh₁éyeti | to bring forth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |