Where does “aanvragen” come from?

aanvragen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vragen, from Middle Dutch vrâgen, from Old Saxon fragon, from Old Saxon frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

aanvragen (Dutch): to request, to apply for, to order

Definitions

  1. to request, to apply for, to order

Ancestry of “aanvragen”, step by step

aanvragen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vragen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvragento ask; to demand, exact; to require, need
2Middle Dutchvrâgento ask
3Old Saxonfragonto ask, demand
4Old Saxonfrāgaquestion
5Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
6Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

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

Words derived from “aanvragen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →