Where does “aanschafbaar” come from?

aanschafbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch aanschaffen, 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.

aanschafbaar (Dutch): purchasable, obtainable by purchase

Definitions

  1. purchasable, obtainable by purchase

Ancestry of “aanschafbaar”, step by step

aanschafbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch aanschaffen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaanschaffento purchase, to buy
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

via Dutch baar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchbaarA bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to...
2Middle Dutchbârebier, stretcher
3Old Dutchbāra
4Proto-Albanianbārā
5Proto-Germanicbazazbare, naked
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰosósbare, barefoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰos-to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-
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