Where does “anwenderfreundlich” come from?

anwenderfreundlich (German) comes from German Anwender, 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 — on, onto.

anwenderfreundlich (German): user-friendly

Definitions

  1. user-friendly

Ancestry of “anwenderfreundlich”, step by step

anwenderfreundlich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Anwender

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnwenderlit. the person who applies something; user of an...
2Germananwendento use, apply, utilize or deploy
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

via German freundlich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfreundlichfriendly, benign; nice, pleasant
2Middle High Germanvriuntlich
3Old High Germanfriuntlīh
4Proto-Germanicfrijōndlīkazfriendlike; friendly
5Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
6Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an
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