eptir

Old Norse

Alternative forms

ept, at
ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ (iftiʀ), ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ (iftir), ᛁᛒᛏᛁᛦ (ibtiʀ), ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ (aftiʀ), ᚬᚠᛏᛁᛦ (ąftiʀ), ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ (abtiʀ)

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after, from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”). Compare also aptr.

Adverb

eptir

Descendants

Icelandic: eftir
Faroese: eftir
Norn: efter
Middle Norwegian: ettir
- Norwegian Nynorsk: etter
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: etter
Old Jamtish: efti
- Jamtish: ette
Elfdalian: etter
Old Swedish: æptir, æftir, ættir
- Swedish: efter
Old Danish: æftær, æftir
- Danish: efter
  - Norwegian Bokmål: efter (unofficial, riksmål)
- Scanian: ætte
Old Gutnish: eptir, aktr, ebtir, efter, eftir, epter
- Gutnish: etta, ettar, yttur (fårö)

References

“eptir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Runor
Gutnish online-dictionary

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