eptir
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
- ęptir, eftir, ept
- ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ (iftiʀ), ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ (iftir), ᛁᛒᛏᛁᛦ (ibtiʀ), ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ (aftiʀ), ᚬᚠᛏᛁᛦ (ąftiʀ), ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ (abtiʀ)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after, from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”). Compare also aptr.
Adverb edit
eptir
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: eftir
- Faroese: eftir
- Norn: efter
- Middle Norwegian: ettir
- Old Jamtish: efti
- Jamtish: ette
- Elfdalian: etter
- Old Swedish: æptir, æftir, ættir
- Swedish: efter
- Old Danish: æftær, æftir
- Old Gutnish: eptir, aktr, ebtir, efter, eftir, epter
References edit
- “eptir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Runor
- Gutnish online-dictionary