Where does “aangelegen” come from?
aangelegen (Dutch) comes from German angelegen, from Old Saxon ana-, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
aangelegen (Dutch): bordering, adjacent, coterminous
Definitions
- bordering, adjacent, coterminous
Ancestry of “aangelegen”, step by step
aangelegen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German angelegen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | angelegen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | ana- | Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Dutch aanliggen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | aanliggen | to lie or stand against something else; to be on... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | aenliggen | — |
Words derived from “aangelegen”