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Where does “aanwakkeren” come from?

aanwakkeren (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.

aanwakkeren (Dutch): to fan , to kindle; to stimulate, incite, stir...

Definitions

  1. to fan , to kindle; to stimulate, incite, stir...

Ancestry of “aanwakkeren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
2Middle Dutchāne—
3Old Dutchāna—
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an—
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
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