Inherited fromMiddle High Germanvuore, fromOld High Germanfuora, fromProto-West Germanic*fōrā, fromProto-Germanic*fōrō.[1]
Cognate withGermanFuhre andLuxembourgishFouer.
FromMiddle High Germanvere, fromOld High German*fera, fromProto-Germanic*farjǭ(“ferry”).Displaced byFähr, a borrowing from German. Akin to GermanFähre, Englishferry, Dutchveer.