PGmc adverbs update

One thing I was wondering about. Should not Proto-Germanic *ana have lost the final vowel?

Is it possible that there were two originally distinct forms, *an(from earlier *ana) and, say, *anǭ or *anē?

Final -a is not preserved in any Germanic language that has a body of any decent size. It's only found in Proto-Norse runic inscriptions, and those attest only a few words.

Sorry, I meant the preposition *ana.

As far as I know, the preposition was just *an. The final vowels were proper to the adverbial forms, which is detailed in the paper.

I'm sorry, I have confused myself here. So the preposition *ana, ("on, onto"), should only be Proto-Germanic *an? And I meant, did the form giving Gothic, Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Saxon *ana, ("on, onto") come from a variant of *an, possibly adverbial?

I think so, but I don't know for sure. Maybe you should read the paper yourself if you can find it?

Ah. I've read it, I just didn't know that it also applied to *ana as I didn't seem him mention it. Sorry for the confusion.