aptr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• aftr

Etymology

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

aptr

1. back
2. again

Notes

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “aptr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive