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Where does “anwrümmeln” come from?

anwrümmeln (Low German) comes from Low German an, from Middle Low German an, from Old Saxon an, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

anwrümmeln (Low German): to dress up messy; to roll up

Definitions

  1. to dress up messy; to roll up

Ancestry of “anwrümmeln”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germananon; to, at
2Middle Low Germananon
3Old Saxonanon, in
4Proto-Germanic*an—
5Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
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