Where does “afkom” come from?

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

afkom (Danish): offspring, progeny

Definitions

  1. offspring, progeny

Ancestry of “afkom”, step by step

afkom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish af

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishafby; of; from
2Old Norseafof, from, off, by
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Danish kom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkomimperative of komme; past tense of komme
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old Norse af →