forthward

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*furþą“forth-”
2. Old English · inherited fromforþweard“forward, tending forward, continual”
3. Middle English · inherited fromforthward
4. English todayforthward

From Middle English forthward, forthwardes, from Old English forþweard (“forward, tending forward, continual”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to forth- + -ward. Cognate with Old Saxon forþwerd, forþwerdes, forþwardes (“forthward”).

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