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Where does “æf” come from?
æf (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
æf
(Old English): of
Definitions
of
Ancestry of “æf”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
*ab
—
2
Proto-Indo-European
apó
—
Words derived from “æf”
of
a
as
an
off
offer
unless
O
whereas
offering
offset
goat
OH
goats
whereof
runoff
payoff
cutoff
scapegoat
o'
offing
offish
offal
nary
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →
Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →