Where does “æfwyrdla” come from?

æfwyrdla (Old English) comes from Old English æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

æfwyrdla (Old English): damage, injury; loss; amercement

Definitions

  1. damage, injury; loss; amercement

Ancestry of “æfwyrdla”, step by step

æfwyrdla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English æf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæfof
2Proto-Germanic*ab—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Old English ġewyrdlian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġewyrdlian—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old English æf →