Where does “aanhangsel” come from?

aanhangsel (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch aanhangsel, from Dutch aanhangen, from Dutch aan, from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

aanhangsel (Afrikaans): attachment

Definitions

  1. attachment

Ancestry of “aanhangsel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaanhangselattachment
2Dutchaanhangento adhere to
3Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
4Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
5Old Dutchāna—
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an—
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →