Where does “on” come from?

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

on (Old Frisian): on

Definitions

  1. on

Ancestry of “on”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*an—
2Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
3Proto-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 →