Where does “af” come from?
af (Swedish) comes from Swedish av, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
af (Swedish): Archaic spelling of av
Ancestry of “af”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | av | from; starting at; by |
| 2 | Old Norse | af | of, from, off, by |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |