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Where does “angreifbar” come from?

angreifbar (German) comes from German angreifen, 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 — on, onto.

angreifbar (German): vulnerable; assailable

Definitions

  1. vulnerable; assailable

Ancestry of “angreifbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanangreifento attack
2Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
3Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
4Middle High Germanānewithout
5Old High Germanānawithout
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an—
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “angreifbar”

  • unangreifbar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →