efter

Swedish

/ˈɛftɛr/

preposition
Definitions
  • after; subsequent; later in time than or later in a sequence than
  • by; using the rules or logic of
  • by; as in one by one, one after another
  • as to; in a manner conforming or corresponding to

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse eptir 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

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