Where does “af” come from?

af (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

Ancestry of “af”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonafof; out
2Proto-Germanic*ab—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “af”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old Saxon af →
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