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Where does “anbringen” come from?

anbringen (German) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

anbringen (German): to add; to fix, to affix, to attach; to bring

Definitions

  1. to add; to fix, to affix, to attach; to bring

Ancestry of “anbringen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
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
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