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Where does “af” come from?

af (Danish) comes from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

af (Danish): by; of; from

Definitions

  1. by; of; from

Ancestry of “af”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseafof, from, off, by
2Proto-Germanic*ab—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “af”

  • afsted
  • afvige
  • afholde
  • afhold
  • afholdsmand
  • afgøre
  • afbilde
  • afbildning
  • afvigelse
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