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Where does “aftaka” come from?

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

aftaka (Icelandic): to reject, to refuse, to turn down

Definitions

  1. to reject, to refuse, to turn down

Ancestry of “aftaka”, step by step

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