Where does “ōpen” come from?

ōpen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch opan, from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic upanaz, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

ōpen (Middle Dutch): open, not closed

Definitions

  1. open, not closed

Ancestry of “ōpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchopanopen
2Proto-West Germanic*opanopen
3Proto-Germanicupanazopen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “ōpen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic upanaz →
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