Where does “on-” come from?

on- (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

on- (Middle Dutch): un-, in-

Definitions

  1. un-, in-

Ancestry of “on-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchun-
2Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
3Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “on-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Proto-Indo-European n̥-Every word from Proto-Germanic un-