Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aftar

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *after.

Preposition

*aftar

after, behind [+dative]

Descendants

Old English: æfter
- Middle English: æfter, efter, after
  - Scots: efter
  - English: after
Old Frisian: efter, after
- North Frisian: efter
- Saterland Frisian: ätter
- West Frisian: efter; after, achter
Old Saxon: aftar, after
- Middle Low German: after, achter
  - Low German: achter, aster
  - German Low German: achter; ächter (Münsterländisch & Paderbornisch)
Old Dutch: after, aftir
- Middle Dutch: after, affter, achter, echter
  - Dutch: achter; after (dialectal)
Old High German: after, aftar; ahter (northern)
- Middle High German: after; *ahter, *achter
  - German: after; After
  - Luxembourgish: uechter (“throughout”)