Where does “Mao-Anzug” come from?

Mao-Anzug (German) comes from German Anzug, from German anziehen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

Mao-Anzug (German): Mao suit

Definitions

  1. Mao suit

Ancestry of “Mao-Anzug”, step by step

Mao-Anzug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Anzug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnzugsuit (of clothes), outfit
2Germananziehento get dressed; to dress; to put on; to dress...
3Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
4Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German Mao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaousually referring to Mao Zedong (in German Mao Tse-tung or rarer Mao Zedong)
2Mandarin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an