Where does “foremast” come from?

I need to work through this chain carefully, but I notice there's a problem: the chain provided doesn't actually connect to "foremast." The chain shows: English fore → English fore- → Latin massa → Latin mattea → Ancient Greek μάσσω → PIE per-, which has nothing to do with "mast." "Foremast" should derive from "fore-" (meaning front) + "mast" (the pole). The chain you've provided seems to trace a different word entirely (possibly related to "mass"). I cannot write an accurate one-sentence etymology for "foremast" based on this chain, as doing so would violate the rule "State only what the chain supports. Do not invent dates, cognates, or intermediate steps." Could you verify the chain is correct for the headword "foremast"?

foremast (English): The mast nearest the bow, on a ship with more...

Definitions

  1. The mast nearest the bow, on a ship with more...

Ancestry of “foremast”, step by step

foremast traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Fore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishForeA people of Papua New Guinea
2GermanFahr
3GermanFähreferry
4Middle High Germanverren
5Old High Germanferranafrom afar
6Old High Germanferroafar; skipper
7Proto-West Germanic*ferrō
8Proto-Germanicferraifar, distant
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-nóy
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via English Mast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMast
2Frenchmassea paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of...
3Old Frenchmacemace weapon
4Vulgar Latinmattia
5LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “foremast

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós