Where does “āna” come from?

āna (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

Ancestry of “āna”, step by step

āna traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic ana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicanaon
2Proto-Germanic*an—
3Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Proto-Germanic ēnu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicēnuwithout
2Proto-Indo-Europeananewwithout

via Germanic *ēnu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*ēnu—

Words derived from “āna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →