Where does “án” come from?

án (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse án, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

án (Icelandic): without

Definitions

  1. without

Ancestry of “án”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseánwithout
2Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
3Proto-Germanicþam—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic þam →