Where does “anstataŭaĵo” come from?
anstataŭaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto anstataŭi, from Esperanto anstataŭ, from German anstatt, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.
anstataŭaĵo (Esperanto): substitute, replacement
Ancestry of “anstataŭaĵo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | anstataŭi | take the place of, be a substitute for, replace,... |
| 2 | Esperanto | anstataŭ | instead of |
| 3 | German | anstatt | instead of |
| 4 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 6 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |