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Where does “ānu” come from?

ānu (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic ēnu, from Proto-Indo-European anew — without.

ānu (Old High German): without

Definitions

  1. without

Ancestry of “ānu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicēnuwithout
2Proto-Indo-Europeananewwithout

Words derived from “ānu”

  • ohne
  • āne
  • ane
  • ona
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