Where does “אָנ־” come from?

אָנ־ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish טאָן, from Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic dōn, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

אָנ־ (Yiddish): Increases specificity of the action

Definitions

  1. Increases specificity of the action

Ancestry of “אָנ־”, step by step

אָנ־ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish טאָן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishטאָןto do
2Middle High Germantuonto do
3Old High Germantuonto do; to make
4Proto-West Germanicdōnto do; to put, to place
5Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Old High German āna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanānawithout
2Proto-West Germanicanaon
3Proto-Germanic*an—
4Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “אָנ־”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōną →
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