Where does “aangroei” come from?

aangroei (Dutch) comes from Dutch aangroeien, 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.

aangroei (Dutch): increase

Definitions

  1. increase

Ancestry of “aangroei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaangroeiento increase; to grow back
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
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