forefather

Etymology
From, , , from , but possibly also merged with. Equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Ancestor
 * 2) Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.
 * 1) Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ata-baba
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forfader,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Vorfahre
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: γεννήτωρ, προπάτωρ, φῡ́σᾱς
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: 前任者
 * Maori: tipuna tāne, tupuna tāne
 * Middle English: forfader, fornfader, forme fader
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: forfar, forfader, stamfar
 * Old Turkic: 𐰯𐰀
 * Plautdietsch: Väavoda
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tok Pisin: tumbuna, tambaran
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Volapük: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: praotec