Where does “etterlate” come from?
etterlate (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål etter, from Old Norse ettir, from Proto-Germanic aftiri, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros — further behind, further away.
etterlate (Norwegian Bokmål): to leave, leave behind
Ancestry of “etterlate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | etter | after |
| 2 | Old Norse | ettir | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | aftiri | more aft, further behind |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |