Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aftar

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *after.

Preposition

*aftar

1. after, behind [+dative]

Alternative reconstructions

• *after

Derived terms

• *aftar-

Descendants

• Old English: æfter
  • Middle English: æfter, efter, after
    • Scots: efter
    • English: after
• Old Frisian: efter, after
  • North Frisian: efter
  • Saterland Frisian: ätter
  • West Frisian: efter; after, achter
• Old Saxon: aftar, after
  • Middle Low German: after, achter, echter
    • Low German: achter, aster
    • German Low German: achter; ächter (Münsterländisch & Paderbornisch)
• Old Dutch: after, aftir
  • Middle Dutch: after, affter, achter, echter
    • Dutch: achter; after (dialectal)
• Old High German: after, aftar; ahter (northern)
  • Middle High German: after; *ahter, *achter
    • German: after; After
    • Luxembourgish: uechter (“throughout”)