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Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
2. A stream; a current.

Verb

To cross a stream using a ford.

Synonyms

wade

cross

ferry

⛴️

crossing

passing

shallows

fording

shoal

pass

passage

harbour

port

puddle

sand bar

shallow water

shore

slosh

traverse

wade through

way

landing place

wade across

river crossing

lakeshore

crossing place

fording-place

ascend

ford-way

bank

🏦

course

cross over

drift

etc

ghat

go across

go through

go up

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɔːd/

Etimologie (English)

Inherited from Middle English: ford

Inherited from Old English: ford

Cognate with Old Norse: -

Cognate with Nederduits: Föörd

Cognate with Nederlands: voord

Cognate with Duits: Furt

Cognate with Noors: -

Cognate with Deens: fjord

Cognate with Latyn: -

Cognate with Persies: پل

In summary

From Middle English ford, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).
Cognate with firth and fjord (via Old Norse), Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord, and more distantly with English port (via Latin). See also forth and Persian پل.