Where does “āno” come from?

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

āno (Old High German): without

Definitions

  1. without

Ancestry of “āno”, step by step

āno traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic ēnu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicēnuwithout
2Proto-Indo-Europeananewwithout

via Proto-Germanic anô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicanôancestor; forefather
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Proto-Indo-European anō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeananō—

Words derived from “āno”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European anew →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēnu →