Where does “aanfluiten” come from?

aanfluiten (Dutch) comes 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.

aanfluiten (Dutch): to mock, to insult, to jeer

Definitions

  1. to mock, to insult, to jeer

Ancestry of “aanfluiten”, step by step

aanfluiten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch aan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
2Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
3Old Dutchāna—
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an—
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Dutch fluiten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfluitento whistle; To make any similar sound, as a...
2DutchZwaanCygnus
3Middle Dutchswane—
4Old Dutchswano—
5Proto-Germanicswanô—

Words derived from “aanfluiten”

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