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Where does “-ᚨᚾᚨ” come from?
-ᚨᚾᚨ (Proto-Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic -anē, from Proto-Indo-European -neh₁.
Ancestry of “-ᚨᚾᚨ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
-anē
Creates adverbs with ablative direction
2
Proto-Indo-European
-neh₁
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Words derived from “-ᚨᚾᚨ”
-an
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -neh₁ →
Every word from Proto-Germanic -anē →