Where does “forða” come from?

forða (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse forða, from Proto-Germanic furþōną, from Proto-Germanic furþą, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥to-.

forða (Icelandic): to save, to rescue

Definitions

  1. to save, to rescue

Ancestry of “forða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseforða—
2Proto-Germanicfurþōnąto go forward, to advance
3Proto-Germanicfurþąforward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥to-—

Words derived from “forða”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥to- →Every word from Proto-Germanic furþą →Every word from Proto-Germanic furþōną →