eptir

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • ept, at
  • ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ (iftiʀ), ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ (iftir), ᛁᛒᛏᛁᛦ (ibtiʀ), ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ (aftiʀ), ᚬᚠᛏᛁᛦ (ąftiʀ), ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ (abtiʀ)

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóteros (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *h₂epó (“off, behind”). Compare also aptr.

Preposition

eptir

  1. after [with dative]

Adverb

eptir

  1. after
  2. afterwards
  3. along

Descendants

  • Icelandic: eftir
  • Faroese: eftir
  • Norn: efter
  • Middle Norwegian: ettir, iftir, ættir
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: etter
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: etter
  • Old Jamtish: efti
  • Elfdalian: etter
  • Old Swedish: æptir, æftir, ættir
  • Old Danish: æftær, æftir
    • Danish: efter
      • Norwegian Bokmål: efter (unofficial, riksmål)
    • Scanian: ætte
  • Old Gutnish: eptir, aktr, ebtir, efter, eftir, epter
    • Gutnish: etta, ettar, yttur (fårö)

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