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Where does “echter” come from?

echter (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch echter, from Old Dutch eft, from Proto-Germanic aft-.

echter (Dutch): however

Definitions

  1. however

Ancestry of “echter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchechter—
2Old Dutcheft—
3Proto-Germanicaft-—

Words derived from “echter”

  • egter
Every word from Proto-Germanic aft- →