afse

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish aftonse, from aftons with an added -e of unclear meaning, but cf. i morse and dialectal forms i vintrase for i vintras and nunnase for nunnas (“just, quite recently”). The development was likely i aftonse > i aftese > i aftse > i afse. See afton and -s (“adverbial suffix”). Probably cognate with Danish and Norwegian aftes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²afsɛ/
Rhymes: -²afsɛ

Noun

afse

(dated) adverbial genitive form of afton

Usage notes

Only found in the expression i afse (“yesterday evening”).

References

afton in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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