Where does “pun-anan” come from?

pun-anan (Cebuano) comes from Middle English anan, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

pun-anan (Cebuano): augend; the number being added by the addend

Definitions

  1. augend; the number being added by the addend

Ancestry of “pun-anan”, step by step

pun-anan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English anan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishanan—
2Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
3Proto-West Germanicanaon
4Proto-Germanic*an—
5Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Cebuano puno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanopunoto increase in amount
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →