Where does “onwadan” come from?

onwadan (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.

onwadan (Old English): to wade into, penetrate; to enter, invade, take...

Definitions

  1. to wade into, penetrate; to enter, invade, take...

Ancestry of “onwadan”, step by step

onwadan 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 wadan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwadanto go, to advance, to travel
2Proto-West Germanic*wadanto wade
3Proto-Germanicwadanąto wade, to walk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →