Where does “angribe” come from?

angribe (Danish) comes from German angreifen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

angribe (Danish): to attack, assault

Definitions

  1. to attack, assault

Ancestry of “angribe”, step by step

angribe traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German angreifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanangreifento attack
2Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
3Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
4Middle High Germanānewithout
5Old High Germanānawithout
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Danish an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishanon; imperative of ane
2Middle Low Germananon
3Old Saxonanon, in

via Danish gribe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishgribecatch; seize, grab, grasp, grip, clutch; overcome
2Old Norsegrípato grab

Words derived from “angribe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-