köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tóng-o-s Proto-Germanic *þankaz Old High German danc Middle High German dancbor. Old Polish dzięka Polish dzięka Proto-Indo-European *-isder. Proto-Indo-European *-ósder. Proto-Slavic *-ьjь Old Polish -i Polish -i German danksl. French grâce àsl. English thanks tosl. Polish dzięki From dzięka + -i, which was also displaced by this term. Compare Czech díky.…
in the direction of, to, towards · on account of, according to, because of, due to, for (the purpose of) · against; facing
köken: From Proto-Italic *op, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí), Sanskrit अपि (ápi), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬞𐬌 (aⁱpi), Old Persian [script needed] (apiy), and Old Armenian եւ (ew). Also related to English by. The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional and the PIE direct object.
köken: From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.