Where does “aanbiedingsbrief” come from?
aanbiedingsbrief (Dutch) comes from Dutch aanbieding, from Dutch aanbieden, 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.
aanbiedingsbrief (Dutch): quotation
Ancestry of “aanbiedingsbrief”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | aanbieding | offer; special, discount offer |
| 2 | Dutch | aanbieden | to offer; to offer oneself, to volunteer, to... |
| 3 | Dutch | aan | on; to; on, being operative |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | āne | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | āna | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |