eftha

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

eftho, efdo, ettho

Etymology

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

Dialectally either IPA^(key): /ˈɛvðɑ/ or IPA^(key): /ˈɛfθɑ/.

Conjunction

eftha

or

Descendants

From IPA^(key): /ˈɛfθɑ/ and variants

Middle Low German: efte, afte, ufte, uft, uf
- German Low German: of (Westmünsterlandian)
- Sauerland Low German: of, o'

From IPA^(key): /ˈɛvðɑ/ and variants

Middle Low German: edder, odder

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