afton

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • (dated) afternoon, evening
  • (chiefly in compounds) eve

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish aptan inherited from Old Norse aptann (evening) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs (evening) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (at, near, on, upon, against).

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Proto-Indo-European

*h₁epi

Gloss

at, near, on, upon, against

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