Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo an operating state. · So as to cover or be fitted. · Along, forwards (continuing an action), onwards. · In continuation, at length.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on From Middle English on, from Old English on, an (“on, upon, onto, in, into”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, at”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Cognates Cognate with Yola a, an, ana, on (“on”), Saterland Frisian an (“on; at”), West Frisian oan (“on; to, towards”), Cimbrian aan, å (“on, onto”), Dutch aan (“on; at”), Low German an (“on; at, to”), German an (“at, in; on”), Luxembourgish un (“on; at, to”), Yiddish אָן (on, “on, onward”), Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish å (“on”), Elfdalian ą̊ (“on”), Faroese and Icelandic á (“in; on”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana, “at, on”); also Umbrian 𐌀𐌌- (am-), 𐌀𐌍- (an-, “up, upon”), Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “on, upon”) (whence Greek ανά (aná, “by, through, per”)), Albanian në (“in; on”), Latvian no (“from; out of; for; of; with”), Lithuanian nuo (“from, off; for, of”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian на (na, “on”), Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene na (“on”), Serbo-Croatian на, na (“on”), Old Armenian ան- (an-, “at, on, unto”); and from Old Norse upp á: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish på (“on”), Norwegian Nynorsk paa, på (“on”), see upon.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiononenm
- Inherited-form mentiononang
- Inherited-form mention*anagmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*anagem-pro · on, at
- Inherited-form mention*h₂en-ine-pro · on, onto
- Cognate mentionayol
- Cognate mentionanstq · on; at
- Cognate mentionoanfy · on; to, towards
- Cognate mentionaancim
- Cognate mentionaannl · on; at
- Cognate mentionannds · on; at, to
- Cognate mentionande · at, in; on
- Cognate mentionunlb · on; at, to
- Cognate mentionאָןyi · on, onward
- Cognate mentioną̊ovd · on
- Cognate mention𐌰𐌽𐌰got · at, on
- Cognate mention𐌀𐌌-xum
- Cognate mentionἀνάgrc · on, upon
- Cognate mentionανάel · by, through, per
- Cognate mentionnësq · in; on
- Cognate mentionnolv · from; out of; for; of; with
- Cognate mentionnuolt · from, off; for, of
- Cognate mentionнаsh
- Cognate mentionան-xcl · at, on, unto
- Derivation mentionuppnon
- Cognate mentionpaann
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"To an operating state.",
"So as to cover or be fitted.",
"Along, forwards (continuing an action), onwards.",
"In continuation, at length."
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