aptr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aftrą, *aftrē, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epoteros, whence also Old English æfter, Old High German aftar. Compare also eptir. Proto-Germanic *aftrē is probably related to Proto-Germanic *afteraz, *aftraz, and *afarē.

Adverb

aptr

  1. back
  2. again

Notes

The spelling with p is believed to be a localism for a labial fricative, perhaps IPA /ϕ/ instead of /f/.

Descendants

  • Icelandic: aftur
  • Faroese: aftur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: atter, att
  • Norwegian Bokmål: att
  • Old Swedish: āter
  • Danish: atter

References

  • “aptr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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