Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aferą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *h₂ép-erom, accusative/allative to an adjective *h₂ép-eros, compare Sanskrit अपर (apara, “posterior, later; following”) and अपरम् (aparam).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ɸe.rɑ̃/

Adverb

*aferą[1]

after, following, later

Derived terms

*aferô

Descendants

Old Saxon: *aver, *avur
- Middle Low German: āver, ōver, ēver
  - German Low German: aver
Old High German: aber, aver, abur, avur, afur
- Middle High German: aber, aver, afer
  - German: aber
    - → German Low German: aber
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: aber
    - → Saterland Frisian: oaber
Old Norse: aur- (prefix)
- ⇒ Old Norse: aurfalr
Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*afera-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*afera-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2