eftha

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Old Saxon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *efþau. Cognate with Old High German odo; compare Old English oþþe, eþþa; Old Norse eða. Ultimately thought to be a Germanic suffixed dual form of the base of ef.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛfθɑ/; in some dialects realised as [ˈɛvðɑ].

Conjunction[edit]

eftha

  1. or

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Low German: efte, afte, ufte, uft, uf
    • German Low German: of (Westmünsterlandisch)
      • Sauerland Low German: of, o'
  • Middle Low German: edder, odder