aptr

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Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *aftrą, *aftrē, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epoteros, whence also Old English æfter, Old High German aftar. Compare also eptir. Proto-Germanic *aftrē is probably related to Proto-Germanic *afteraz, *aftraz, and *afarē.

Adverb[edit]

aptr

  1. back
  2. again

Notes[edit]

The spelling with p is believed to be a localism for a labial fricative, perhaps IPA /ϕ/ instead of /f/.

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: aftur
  • Faroese: aftur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: atter, att
  • Norwegian Bokmål: att
  • Old Swedish: āter
  • Danish: atter

References[edit]

  • “aptr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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