Where does “aftann” come from?
aftann (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse aptann, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.
aftann (Icelandic): evening
Ancestry of “aftann”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | aptann | an evening |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ēbanþs | evening |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁epi | on, at, near |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eps | — |
Words derived from “aftann”