aptr
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *aftrą, *aftrē, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epoteros, whence also Old English æfter, Old High German aftar. Compare also eptir. Proto-Germanic *aftrē is probably related to Proto-Germanic *afteraz, *aftraz, and *afarē.
Adverb edit
aptr
Notes edit
The spelling with p is believed to be a localism for a labial fricative, perhaps IPA /ϕ/ instead of /f/.
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: aftur
- Faroese: aftur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: atter, att
- Norwegian Bokmål: att
- Old Swedish: āter
- Swedish: åter
- Danish: atter
- Norwegian Bokmål: atter
References edit
- “aptr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press