Where does “-ana” come from?
-ana (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *-anā, from Proto-Germanic -anē, from Proto-Indo-European -neh₁.
Ancestry of “-ana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *-anā | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -anē | Creates adverbs with ablative direction |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -neh₁ | — |