*after^¹

An adverbial locative from pre-Germanic *ap(o)-tero-, from Proto-Indo-European *apó + the contrastive/local suffix *-tero-. The inherited PIE base is seen in Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó), Sanskrit अप (ápa), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀 (apa), Latin ab, and Hittite 𒀀𒀊𒉺 (a-ap-pa /āppa/), while the *-tero- derivative is paralleled by Sanskrit अपतरम् (apatarám) and Ancient Greek ἀπωτέρω (apōtérō) (Dunkel 2014: 79; Kroonen 2013: 3).