Old High German after

← Old English æfter (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *after (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂epótero- (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *apo- (mention)

← Old Norse aptr (cognate)

→ German after (inherited)

→ Middle High German after (inherited)

→ Old High German avur (cognate)

→ Old High German afur (cognate)

→ Luxembourgish uechter (mention)

→ Old Saxon aftar (cognate)