on-
Old English
prefix
Definitions
- forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither
- (inchoative) in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ana (on, at, onto, ana).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ana
Gloss
on, at, onto, ana
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- en- English
- on- English
- boscus Latin
- dōtāre Latin
- in- Latin
- an- German
- en- French
- *ano- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂en- Proto-Indo-European
- *ailijaną Proto-Germanic
- *an- Proto-Germanic
- *ana Proto-Germanic
- *wadjōną Proto-Germanic
- anǣlan Old English
- on Old English
- onþracian Old English
- þracian Old English
- en- Middle English
- enacten Middle English
- encrochen Middle English
- on- Middle English
- an Danish
- en- Old French
- enbuscier Old French
- ana Old High German
- en- Norman
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- ana Old Dutch
- ana- Old Saxon
- *anwadjōn Frankish
- endouer xno
- ᚨᚾ Proto-Norse