Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ana-

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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Descendants

Old English: an-
Old Frisian: an-
Old Saxon: ana-
Old Dutch: ana-
Old High German: ana-

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