English fortread

← Old English fortredan (inherited)

← German vertreten (cognate)

← English for (prefix)

← English tread (prefix)

← Middle English fortreden (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *fratredaną (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *fratrudaną (mention)

← Old High German firtretan (cognate)

← German Low German vertreden (cognate)

← Dutch vertreden (cognate)

← Saterland Frisian fertreede (cognate)