Where does “ana” come from?

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

ana (Proto-West Germanic): on

Definitions

  1. on

Ancestry of “ana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*an—
2Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “ana”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →