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