Where does “av-” come from?

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

av- (Norwegian Bokmål): off

Definitions

  1. off

Ancestry of “av-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “av-”

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