*after²

Runic: ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈɑɸ.ter/

preposition

Meanings

after, behind (with dative)

Etymology

See *after (adverb).

Descendants

  • *aftar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • after, aftir (Old Dutch)
      • after, affter, achter, echter (Middle Dutch)
        • achter, after (Dutch)
          • agter (Afrikaans)
  • *aftar, *after (Proto-West Germanic)
    • æfter (Old English)
      • æfter, efter, after (Middle English)
        • after (English)
        • efter (Scots)
  • *aftar, *after (Proto-West Germanic)
    • efter, after (Old Frisian)
      • efter (North Frisian)
      • ätter (Saterland Frisian)
      • efter, after, achter (West Frisian)
  • *aftar, *after (Proto-West Germanic)
    • after, aftar, ahter (Old High German)
      • after, *ahter, *achter (Middle High German)
        • after, After (German)
        • uechter (Luxembourgish)
  • *aftar, *after (Proto-West Germanic)
    • aftar, after (Old Saxon)
      • after, achter, echter (Middle Low German)
        • achter, ächter (Low German)
        • achter, aster (Low German)
  • eptir, ept, at, ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ (iftiʀ), ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ (iftir), ᛁᛒᛏᛁᛦ (ibtiʀ), ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ (aftiʀ), ᚬᚠᛏᛁᛦ (ąftiʀ), ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ (abtiʀ) (Old Norse)
    • eftir (Icelandic)
    • eftir (Faroese)
  • eptir, ept, at, ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ (iftiʀ), ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ (iftir), ᛁᛒᛏᛁᛦ (ibtiʀ), ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ (aftiʀ), ᚬᚠᛏᛁᛦ (ąftiʀ), ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ (abtiʀ) (Old Norse)
    • ettir, iftir, ættir (Middle Norwegian)
      • etter (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • etter (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • eptir, ept, at, ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ (iftiʀ), ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ (iftir), ᛁᛒᛏᛁᛦ (ibtiʀ), ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ (aftiʀ), ᚬᚠᛏᛁᛦ (ąftiʀ), ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ (abtiʀ) (Old Norse)
    • æptir, æftir, ættir (Old Swedish)
      • efter (Swedish)
  • eptir, ept, at, ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ (iftiʀ), ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ (iftir), ᛁᛒᛏᛁᛦ (ibtiʀ), ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ (aftiʀ), ᚬᚠᛏᛁᛦ (ąftiʀ), ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ (abtiʀ) (Old Norse)
    • æftær, æftir (Old Danish)
      • efter (Danish)
        • efter (Norwegian Bokmål)

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