Where does “förord” come from?

förord (Swedish) comes from Swedish före, from Old Swedish fȳrir, from Old Norse fýrir, from Old Norse því, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

förord (Swedish): a preface, a foreword

Definitions

  1. a preface, a foreword

Ancestry of “förord”, step by step

förord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish före

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförein front of; ahead of; before; earlier in time...
2Old Swedishfȳrir
3Old Norsefýrirbefore, in front of
4Old Norseþvídative singular of þat; therefore, for that...
5Proto-Germanic*sa
6Proto-Austronesian*əsa
7Proto-Oceanic*isa

via Swedish ord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishordword; A distinct unit of language with a...
2Old Swedishorþword
3Old Norseorðword
4Proto-Germanicwurdąword
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

Words derived from “förord

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isaEvery word from Proto-Austronesian *əsaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *sa