af
Icelandic
/aːv/
preposition
Definitions
- (with dative) off, from
- (with dative) of
- (with dative) by
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse af derived from Proto-Germanic *ab (away, from, off, away from).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ab
Gloss
away, from, off, away from
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- auto-off English
- backoff English
- blastoff English
- boiloff English
- break off English
- breakoff English
- bumpoff English
- burnoff English
- castoff English
- cutoff English
- face-off English
- faceoff English
- holdoff English
- jumpoff English
- kill off English
- knockoff English
- liftoff English
- lookoff English
- off English
- offboard English
- offglide English
- offing English
- offish English
- offlist English
- offprint English
- offput English
- offramp English
- offscreen English
- offski English
- offspringing English
- offstage English
- offsuit English
- offy English
- one-off English
- pay-off English
- pickoff English
- print-off English
- printoff English
- runoff English
- sendoff English
- shove off English
- showoff English
- signoff English
- turnoff English
- waveoff English
- af- Dutch, Flemish
- off Spanish, Castilian
- *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
- of Middle English
- af Old Norse
- af Danish
- ab Old High German
- ava Old High German
- av Faroese
- 𐌰𐍆 Gothic
- af Old Dutch
- af Old Saxon
- åv Westrobothnian
- of Old Frisian