Etymology Explorer › Faroese

Where does “av” come from?

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

av (Faroese): by, from, off, of, on account of

Definitions

  1. by, from, off, of, on account of

Ancestry of “av”, step by step

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

Words derived from “av”

  • avgerð
  • avgustur
  • av-
  • avleiðing
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