Where does “onġietan” come from?

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

onġietan (Old English): to grasp, get, lay hold of, seize; understand,...

Definitions

  1. to grasp, get, lay hold of, seize; understand,...

Ancestry of “onġietan”, step by step

onġietan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
2Proto-West Germanicanaon
3Proto-Germanic*an—
4Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Old English ġietan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġietanto get
2Proto-Germanicgetanąto attain, acquire, get, receive, hold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰed-to defecate

Words derived from “onġietan”

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