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Where does “Telefonanschluss” come from?

Telefonanschluss (German) comes from German Anschluß, from German anschließen, 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.

Telefonanschluss (German): telephone connection

Definitions

  1. telephone connection

Ancestry of “Telefonanschluss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnschluß—
2Germananschließento connect; to join
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
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