Where does “av” come from?

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

av (Norwegian Nynorsk): off; not operating; from; of

Definitions

  1. off; not operating; from; of

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 →