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Where does “angegin-” come from?

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

angegin- (Old Saxon): forming words with the sense of 'opposite,...

Definitions

  1. forming words with the sense of 'opposite,...

Ancestry of “angegin-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonanon, in
2Proto-Germanic*an—
3Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →