Where does “ontȳnan” come from?

ontȳnan (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.

ontȳnan (Old English): to open, to loose, to free

Definitions

  1. to open, to loose, to free

Ancestry of “ontȳnan”, step by step

ontȳnan 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 tȳnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtȳnanto slander, vex
2Proto-West Germanic*tūnijanto enclose, put a fence around
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →