Where does “ane” come from?
ane (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
Ancestry of “ane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | āna | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |