An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vorder
vorder, adjective, ‘front, anterior, foremost,’ from Middle High German vorder, Old High German fordar, adjective, ‘standing at the head of, former, anterior'; an old comparative with the Aryan suffix tero- (Greek -τερο-; compare ander from anþero-). Gothic *faúrþara- is wanting; the connection with the root of Gothic faúra (see vor) is apparent; compare Sanscrit pûrva, ‘being before or in front,’ with purás, purâ, ‘before.’ Fürst, fordern, and fördern (compare also Altvordern) are also allied.