Where does “ana” come from?
ana (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
ana (Old High German): without
Ancestry of “ana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |