Where does “ant-” come from?

ant- (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic andi-, from Livonian urj-fin-pro:*enci.

Ancestry of “ant-”, step by step

ant- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic andi-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicandi-against; across, opposite, against, away
2Livonianurj-fin-pro:*enci—

via Proto-Germanic anþi-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicanþi-—
Every word from Livonian urj-fin-pro:*enci →Every word from Proto-Germanic andi- →
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