Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ana-

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ana-.

Prefix

*ana-

Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither.
in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms prefixed with *ana-

Descendants

Old English: an-, on-
- Middle English: on-
  - English: on-, an-, a-
Old Frisian: an-
- Saterland Frisian: an-
- West Frisian: oan-
Old Saxon: ana-
Old Dutch: ana-
- Middle Dutch:
  - Dutch: aan-
Old High German: ana-
- Middle High German:
  - German: an-

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