Where does “eft-” come from?

eft- (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *afti-, from Proto-Germanic afti — afterwards, again.

eft- (Old English): again; afterwards; back

Definitions

  1. again; afterwards; back

Ancestry of “eft-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*afti-—
2Proto-Germanicaftiafterwards, again

Words derived from “eft-”

Every word from Proto-Germanic afti →