Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aferą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *h₂ép-erom, accusative/allative to an adjective *h₂ép-eros, itself a comparative formation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”); compare Sanskrit अपर (apara, “posterior, later; following”) and अपरम् (aparam).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ɸe.rɑ̃/

Adverb

*aferą[1]

  1. after, following, later

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: avur, *aver
  • Old High German: aber, aver, abur, avur, afur
  • Old Norse: aur- (prefix)
    • ⇒ Old Norse: aurfalr
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*afera-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2
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