eftir

Faroese

/ˈɛʰtːɪɹ/

prep

Definitions

after

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse eptir inherited from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ inherited from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (further behind, more aft) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (further away, further behind).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*apotero

Gloss

further away, further behind

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*apotero Proto-Indo-European
etter Norwegian Bokmål
*after Proto-Germanic
*aftiri Proto-Germanic
efter Swedish
etter Norwegian Nynorsk
eptir Old Norse
efter Danish
eftir Icelandic
eftirnavn Faroese
navn Faroese
ätter Westrobothnian
ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ Proto-Norse

navn
eftirnavn