av

Faroese

prep
Definitions
  • by, from, off, of, on account of

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse af derived from Proto-Germanic *ab (away, from, off, away from) derived from Proto-Indo-European *apó.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*apó

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

  • opacus Latin
  • af- Dutch, Flemish
  • *apó Proto-Indo-European
  • *h₂epo Proto-Indo-European
  • *ab Proto-Germanic
  • *abjô Proto-Germanic
  • av Swedish
  • av Norwegian Nynorsk
  • of Old English
  • æf Old English
  • æf- Old English
  • af Old Norse
  • af Danish
  • af Icelandic
  • ab Old High German
  • ava Old High German
  • 𐌰𐍆 Gothic
  • af Old Dutch
  • af Old Saxon
  • åv Westrobothnian
  • of Old Frisian