Where does “aanbesteder” come from?

aanbesteder (Dutch) comes from Dutch aanbesteden, from Dutch aan, 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.

aanbesteder (Dutch): tendering party, contract awarder

Definitions

  1. tendering party, contract awarder

Ancestry of “aanbesteder”, step by step

aanbesteder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch aanbesteden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaanbestedento put out to tender; to call for bids; to tender
2Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
3Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
4Old Dutchāna
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an