Where does “Anwendung” come from?

Anwendung (German) comes from German anwenden, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

Anwendung (German): application

Definitions

  1. application

Ancestry of “Anwendung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germananwendento use, apply, utilize or deploy
2Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
3Middle High Germanānewithout
4Old High Germanānawithout
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an—
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “Anwendung”

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