*aftrą

Runic: ᚨᚠᛏᚱᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɑɸ.trɑ̃/

adverb

Meanings

  1. back, backwards; in return
  2. again, once more

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *ap-tró-m, a fossilized directional/adverbial accusative formation of Proto-Indo-European *apó (Dunkel 2014: 68). Compare Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó), Vedic Sanskrit अप (ápa) (ápa, ‘away’), and Hittite 𒀀𒀊𒉺 (a-ap-pa /āppa/); related *-tero- derivations include Sanskrit अपतरम् (apatarám) and Greek ἀπωτέρω (apōtérō) (Dunkel 2014: 79).

Descendants

  • aptr, aftr (Old Norse)
    • aftur (Faroese)
    • aftur (Icelandic)
  • aptr, aftr (Old Norse)
    • atter (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • att, atter (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • aptr, aftr (Old Norse)
    • attær (Old Danish)
      • atter (Danish)
  • aptr, aftr (Old Norse)
    • āter (Old Swedish)
      • åter (Swedish)
  • 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 (aftra) (Gothic)

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