Where does “æfen” come from?

æfen (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.

æfen (Old English): evening; eve: the day/evening/night before...

Definitions

  1. evening; eve: the day/evening/night before...

Ancestry of “æfen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
2Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs →