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Where does “fōriz” come from?

fōriz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic faraną, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

fōriz (Proto-Germanic): able to go, passable

Definitions

  1. able to go, passable

Ancestry of “fōriz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfaranąto go, to travel
2Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “fōriz”

  • fear
  • feared
  • fearing
  • fearless
  • fearlessly
  • fearsome
  • fearlessness
  • fearest
  • fearsomely
  • fearsomeness
  • unfearing
  • fearer
  • feer
  • unfeared
  • fearingly
  • fearmonger
  • fearnaught
  • unfearingly
  • antifear
  • technofear
  • unfear
  • overfear
  • fearlike
  • microfear
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