Where does “āter” come from?

āter (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse aptr, from Proto-Germanic aftrą, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros — further behind, further away.

Ancestry of “āter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseaptrback; again
2Proto-Germanicaftrąback, backwards; again, once more
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epoterosfurther behind, further away

Words derived from “āter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic aftrą →Every word from Old Norse aptr →
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