Where does “Aantaan” come from?
Aantaan (Scots) comes from Scots een, from Scots ee, from Middle Scots ee, from Early Scots e, from Old English ēage, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.
Aantaan (Scots): Used by boys to indicate that the game is ended
Definitions
- Used by boys to indicate that the game is ended
Ancestry of “Aantaan”, step by step
Aantaan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Scots een
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | een | plural of ee; Doric form of ane |
| 2 | Scots | ee | eye; you |
| 3 | Middle Scots | ee | The eye; the visual organ |
| 4 | Early Scots | e | — |
| 5 | Old English | ēage | eye |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | augā | eye |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | augô | eye |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |
via Scots a'
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | a' | all; All |
| 2 | Middle English | all | all; all, every |
| 3 | Old English | eall | all; whole, entire; everything |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via Scots intae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | intae | — |