a-
English
/ə/, /ə/, /ə/, /ə/, /ə/
prefix
Definitions
- (no longer productive)
- (no longer productive)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English a- (up, away, out) inherited from Old English ā- (a-) inherited from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out, up, out-) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (out, up).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*uds-
Gloss
out, up
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
上
Emoji
☝️ 👆️ 👍️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adays English
- ae English
- un- English
- unforeseeability English
- unrufflable English
- unsoiling English
- unstemmable English
- unswitchoffable English
- untelephoned English
- unturnoffable English
- er- German
- ermächtigen German
- un- German
- er- Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰrēḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *uds- Proto-Indo-European
- *uss- Proto-Indo-European
- *úd Proto-Indo-European
- *dwaiskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *mōtijô Proto-Germanic
- *rīsaną Proto-Germanic
- *uz- Proto-Germanic
- *uzlugi- Proto-Germanic
- *uzrīsaną Proto-Germanic
- er- Swedish
- a Old English
- a- Old English
- or- Old English
- æmetta Old English
- ā- Old English
- ābreġdan Old English
- ābītan Old English
- ācumba Old English
- ādwǣsċan Old English
- āgān Old English
- ān Old English
- ǣmtiġ Old English
- a- Middle English
- un- Middle English
- ú- Old Norse
- er- Middle Dutch
- ver- Middle Dutch
- ir- Old High German
- ur- Old High German
- ur-, ir- Old High German
- 𐌿𐍃- Gothic
- ur- Old Dutch
- er- Middle Low German
- orsake Middle Low German
- a- Old Saxon
- thriotan Old Saxon
- ā- Old Saxon
- ae Scots
- âdräötig German Low German
- orsagh Old Danish