Where does “anföringstecken” come from?
anföringstecken (Swedish) comes from Swedish anföring, from Swedish anföra, from German anführen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.
anföringstecken (Swedish): quotation mark
Definitions
- quotation mark
Ancestry of “anföringstecken”, step by step
anföringstecken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish anföring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | anföring | speech |
| 2 | Swedish | anföra | lead, command |
| 3 | German | anführen | to lead; to command; to quote; to instruct |
| 4 | German | an- | Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,... |
| 5 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 6 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 7 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |