Where does “aff” come from?

aff (Scots) comes from Middle English of, from Old English of, from Old English æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

aff (Scots): off, away, at a distance; off, away from; off

Definitions

  1. off, away, at a distance; off, away from; off

Ancestry of “aff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishofof; off; until
2Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
3Old Englishæfof
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “aff”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →