Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/afteraz

Derived terms

I've been trying to go through the daughter languages to work it all out:

• *aftai > Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌰 (afta), possibly Old English *æfte, æfteweard, Old Frisian efta
• *aftanē > Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌰 (aftana), Old English æftan, Old High German *aftan-, Old Norse aptan
• *afterô > Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌰𐍂𐍉 (aftarō)
• *afti > Old English eft, possibly Old Norse ept, Old Frisian eft
• *aftiri > Old Norse eptir, possibly Old Frisian efter

The comparatives/superlatives:

• *aftrōst > Old Norse aptast
• *aftrōstaz > Old English æft(e)resta, Old Frisian eftrosta, Old High German aftrōst(o?), Old Norse aptastr
• *aftrōz > Old Norse aptarr
• *aftrōzô > Old English æft(e)r(r)a, Old High German aftrōro, Old Norse aptari (but also eptri < *aft(r)izô)
• *aftumistaz > Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (aftumists), Old English æftemest
• *aftumô > Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌿𐌼𐌰 (aftuma)

The biggest hurdle I've had is whether Old English æfter, Old High German aftar, Old Norse aptr and Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 (aftra) should all be connected as *aftra, or separated into *after and *aftra. I could assume that *aftra might be an adverb in the accusative *aftra(t), similar to *wiþra. I'm not really sure though. Anglom (talk) 18:07, 18 November 2014 (UTC)