Where does “af” come from?

af (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

Ancestry of “af”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicabaway from; away
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from

Words derived from “af”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo →Every word from Proto-Germanic ab →