Where does “atter” come from?
atter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse aptr, from Proto-Germanic aftrą, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros — further behind, further away.
atter (Norwegian Bokmål): again
Ancestry of “atter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | aptr | back; again |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | aftrą | back, backwards; again, once more |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |