Where does “ofþefian” come from?
ofþefian (Old English) comes from Old English of, from Old English æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
ofþefian (Old English): to be exceedingly heated
Ancestry of “ofþefian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | of | of, from, off, out of |
| 2 | Old English | æf | of |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |