Where does “aan” come from?

aan (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

aan (Dutch): on; to; on, being operative

Definitions

  1. on; to; on, being operative

Ancestry of “aan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
2Old Dutchāna—
3Proto-West Germanicanaon
4Proto-Germanic*an—
5Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “aan”

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