eftir
Icelandic
/ˈɛftɪr/
preposition
Definitions
- after (temporal; e.g., after Sunday)
- after, in (temporal; e.g., after three days)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse eptir derived from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (further behind, more aft) derived from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (further away, further behind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*apotero
Gloss
further away, further behind
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- after English
- afterbath English
- afterling English
- afterloading English
- afterness English
- afterward English
- afterwards English
- afterwhile English
- afterworld English
- henceafter English
- hereafter English
- hereinafter English
- thenceafter English
- thereafter English
- whenceafter English
- whereafter English
- *apotero Proto-Indo-European
- etter Norwegian Bokmål
- *after Proto-Germanic
- *aftiri Proto-Germanic
- efter Swedish
- アフレコ Japanese
- etter Norwegian Nynorsk
- after Middle English
- eptir Old Norse
- efter Danish
- eftirlaun Icelandic
- eftirmynd Icelandic
- laun Icelandic
- mynd Icelandic
- eftir Faroese
- ätter Westrobothnian
- ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ Proto-Norse
- afta Nigerian Pidgin
- afta Guyanese Creole English