Where does “voor” come from?
voor (Estonian) comes from Middle Low German vore, from Old Saxon fora, from Proto-West Germanic forē, from Proto-Germanic furai, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
voor (Estonian): drumlin, an oval ridge formed under glacier ice;...
Definitions
- drumlin, an oval ridge formed under glacier ice;...
Ancestry of “voor”, step by step
voor traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German vore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | vore | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | fora | before, against |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | forē | before, in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Finnish Vuori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Vuori | mountain large mass of earth and rock |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Proto-Finnic vooro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | vooro | turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others; spell of work) |
Words derived from “voor”
- voori
- vuori
- Vuorinen
- vuoristo
- vuoristoinen
- Kölivuoristo
- vuoristotauti
- baijerinvuoristovihikoira
- balinvuoristokoira
- vuoristorata
- vuoristolainen
- jonovuoristo
- keskivuoristo
- lohkovuoristo
- poimuvuoristo
- reunavuoristo
- Uralvuoristo
- Vuoristo-Karabah
- vuoristo-opas
- vuoristoalue
- vuoristoharjoittelu
- vuoristoherkko
- vuoristoilma
- vuoristoilmasto