Where does “atær” come from?

atær (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse aptr, from Proto-Germanic aftrą, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros — further behind, further away.

Ancestry of “atær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseaptrback; again
2Proto-Germanicaftrąback, backwards; again, once more
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epoterosfurther behind, further away

Words derived from “atær”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic aftrą →Every word from Old Norse aptr →