Where does “â” come from?
â (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ā, from Proto-Germanic ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.
Ancestry of “â”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | ā | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ahwō | water; stream, river |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |