Where does “af-” come from?

af- (Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

af- (Dutch): de-, en-; down; off

Definitions

  1. de-, en-; down; off

Ancestry of “af-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*ab—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →