Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furdu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *furduz.

Noun

*furdu m

ford

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*furdu
Genitive	*furdō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*furdu	furdiwi, furdō
Accusative	*furdu	*furdū
Genitive	*furdō	*furdiwō
Dative	furdiwi, furdō	*furdum
Instrumental	*furdu	*furdum

Descendants

Old English: ford
- Middle English: ford, furd, foord
  - English: ford
  - Scots: furde, furd, fuird
- ⇒ English: Chelmsford (from a contraction of Ċēolmǣres + ford)
- → Proto-Brythonic: *forð (“road”) (see there for further descendants)
Old Frisian: forda
- West Frisian: furde
Old Saxon: ford
- Middle Low German: furd, vōrde, vōrt
  - German Low German: Föörd
Old Dutch: furda, *ford
- Middle Dutch: vort, vōort
  - Dutch: voord, voort, voorde
Old High German: furt
- Middle High German: vurt
  - German: Furt
  - → Saterland Frisian: Fúurt

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