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-

1. Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither.
2. 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-