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Where does “aaneendraaien” come from?

aaneendraaien (Dutch) comes from Dutch aaneen, 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.

aaneendraaien (Dutch): to wind together in a spiral

Definitions

  1. to wind together in a spiral

Ancestry of “aaneendraaien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaaneentogether; continuously, without interruption
2Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
3Middle Dutchāne—
4Old Dutchāna—
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an—
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
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