Where does “aanklikken” come from?

aanklikken (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.

aanklikken (Dutch): to click (with a computer mouse)

Definitions

  1. to click (with a computer mouse)

Ancestry of “aanklikken”, step by step

aanklikken 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 klikken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchklikkento click; to go well relationwise, to have a...
2Middle Dutchclicken—

Words derived from “aanklikken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →
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