on
Old Frisian
/on/
preposition
Definitions
- on
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *an (so, well, on, then, whether) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (on, up, ancestor, onto, on high, old woman).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂en-
Gloss
on, up, ancestor, onto, on high, old woman
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
- about English
- anent English
- anon English
- asunder English
- ἀνά Ancient Greek
- *an Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂en- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European
- *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *an Proto-Germanic
- *ana Proto-Germanic
- *aninkilaz Proto-Germanic
- *anô Proto-Germanic
- *sunder Proto-Germanic
- on Old English
- on ecnesse Old English
- ongemang Old English
- onmiddan Old English
- onweg Old English
- abak Middle English
- on Middle English
- upp á Old Norse
- *na Proto-Slavic
- *ǫda Proto-Slavic
- ane Middle Dutch
- āne Middle Dutch
- հան Old Armenian
- ane Albanian
- 𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- ana Old Dutch
- *kr̥náwti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ní Proto-Indo-Iranian
- an Old Saxon
- oan Western Frisian