Where does “foudre” come from?

foudre (French) comes from Middle High German vuoder, from Old High German fuodar, from Proto-West Germanic fōþr, from Proto-West Germanic fōrþr, from Proto-West Germanic fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic fōrijaną, from Proto-Germanic faraną, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

foudre (French): lightning; thunderbolt

Definitions

  1. lightning; thunderbolt

Ancestry of “foudre”, step by step

foudre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German vuoder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvuoder—
2Old High Germanfuodar—
3Proto-West Germanicfōþrload, wagonload
4Proto-West Germanicfōrþr—
5Proto-West Germanicfōrijanto lead, to bring
6Proto-Germanicfōrijanąto cause to go; lead (someone; take lead; to...
7Proto-Germanicfaranąto go, to travel
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Old French foudre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfoudrelightning
2Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
3Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness

Words derived from “foudre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Germanic faraną →