Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/
aftar
This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
From
Proto-Germanic
*after
.
Preposition
*aftar
after
,
behind
[
with
dative
]
Alternative reconstructions
*after
Derived terms
*aftar-
Descendants
Old English:
æfter
Middle English:
æfter
,
efter
,
after
Scots:
efter
English:
after
Old Frisian:
efter
,
after
North Frisian:
efter
Saterland Frisian:
ätter
West Frisian:
efter
;
after
,
achter
Old Saxon:
aftar
,
after
Middle Low German:
after
,
achter
,
echter
Low German:
achter
,
aster
German Low German:
achter
;
ächter
(
Münsterländisch & Paderbornisch
)
Old Dutch:
after
,
aftir
Middle Dutch:
after
,
affter
,
achter
,
echter
Dutch:
achter
;
after
(
dialectal
)
Afrikaans:
agter
Old High German:
after
,
aftar
;
ahter
(
northern
)
Middle High German:
after
;
*ahter
,
*achter
German:
after
;
After
Luxembourgish:
uechter
(
“
throughout
”
)