Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/an

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *h₂enh̥₂, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“up, on high”). The final vowel was lost by regular sound change but remained in compound forms, whence it was restored in some of the daughter languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn/

Preposition

*an

1. on, upon [with dative]
2. onto [with accusative]

Adverb

*an

1. on, onto

Descendants

• Old English: an, on
  • Middle English: an, on, a
    • Scots: an, on
    • English: on
• Old Frisian: an, on
  • North Frisian: a
  • Saterland Frisian: an, oun
  • West Frisian: oan
• Old Saxon: ana, an
  • Middle Low German: an
    • Low German: an
• Old Dutch: ana, an, in
  • Middle Dutch: āne, āen, an
    • Dutch: aan, an (dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: aan
• Old High German: ana, an
  • Middle High German: an
    • German: an
    • Hunsrik: aan
    • Luxembourgish: un
    • Pennsylvania German: aa
• Proto-Norse: ᚨᚾ (an)
  • Old Norse: á
    • Icelandic: á
    • Faroese: á
    • Norwegian: på (from opp å)
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: å
    • Elfdalian: ą̊
    • Old Swedish: a, ā
      • Swedish: å, på (from upp å), (dialectal) a
    • Old Danish: a, ā
      • Danish: å (dialectal), på (from op å)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana)