Where does “on” come from?

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

on (Old English): on, in, at, among; from

Definitions

  1. on, in, at, among; from

Ancestry of “on”, step by step

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

Words derived from “on”

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