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Etymology 1
From, from ; whence also Old English , Swedish short for of , Danish , Norwegian  and Old High German. Compare the 🇨🇬. The noun is derived from the verb  and is not borrowed from the Latin noun.

Noun

 * 1) a ford, a place for wading

Derived terms

 * (to pass by a dog's ford over something; to slut something over, to do something hurriedly and badly)
 * / (to be the first to start on something, to be the first to tackle something)
 * / (to be the first to start on something, to be the first to tackle something)

Etymology 2
See vaða.