An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vor

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2633151An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — vorJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

vor, adverb and preposition, ‘before,’ from Middle High German vor, vore, Old High German fora; corresponding to Gothic faúr and faúra, ‘before,’ Old Saxon for, fora, Dutch vor, Anglo-Saxon and English for. In non-Teutonic are found the correspondences Sanscrit purâ and purás, ‘before,’ with pra, Greek πάρος with πρό; Modern High German für, as well as Latin pro, are more remotely allied.