in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) · before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) · ago (location in the past relative to the present)
köken: From Middle High German vore, vor, from Old High German fora. Cognate with Dutch voor. Compare English fore.
eş: eerder, eerder, eerder, hoger, ten behoeve van, ten gunste van
zıt: na, achter, tegen, contra
köken: From Middle Dutch vore, vor, voor, from Old Dutch fora, fore, from Proto-West Germanic *forē, from Proto-Germanic *furai. There were originally two distinct Germanic forms, *furai and *furi, which functionally merged in most Germanic languages, including Dutch. The form derived from the former became standard in Dutch, while the latter survives as the dialectal form veur.
denotes location; before, in front of; ahead of · denotes movement; in front of · denotes time; before
eş: pod, pod, do, zanim
zıt: za, sprzed, po
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Slavic *perdъ Old Polish przed Polish przed Inherited from Old Polish przed.
indicates anteriority. before · of space. in front, before, forwards · of time. before
zıt: post
köken: From Proto-Italic *anti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti, locative singular of the root noun *h₂ent- (“front, front side”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite, facing”), Sanskrit अन्ति (ánti), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd), Tocharian B ānte, and English and. The change from PIE ablative to Latin accusative is like the confrontational accusative used with Ancient Greek παρά (pará).