An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/vorder

by Friedrich Kluge

vorder, adj., ‘front, anterior, foremost,’ from MidHG. vorder, OHG. fordar, adj., ‘standing at the head of, former, anterior'; an old comparative with the Aryan suffix tero- (Gr. -τερο-; comp. ander from anþero-). Goth. *faúrþara- is wanting; the connection with the root of Goth. faúra (see vor) is apparent; comp. Sans. pûrva, ‘being before or in front,’ with purás, purâ, ‘before.’ Fürst, fordern, and fördern (comp. also Altvordern) are also allied.