Where does “a-danceen” come from?

a-danceen (Yola) comes from Yola a, from Middle English A, from Middle English I, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

a-danceen (Yola): on dancing

Definitions

on dancing

Ancestry of “a-danceen”, step by step

a-danceen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yola a

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Yola	a	—
2	Middle English	A	—
3	Middle English	I	I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
4	Old English	iċ	I
5	Proto-West Germanic	ik	I
6	Proto-Germanic	*ek	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	éǵh₂	I

via Yola danceen

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Yola	danceen	dancing
2	Middle English	dauncynge	dance
3	Middle English	-ynge	Alternative form of -ing
4	Old English	-ung	forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
5	Proto-Germanic	-ungō	-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →