Where does “*-anā” come from?
*-anā (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic -anē, from Proto-Indo-European -neh₁.
Ancestry of “*-anā”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | -anē | Creates adverbs with ablative direction |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -neh₁ | — |