Ahn
German (Berlin)
/ʔaːn/
noun
Definitions
- ancestor
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German an inherited from Old High German ano (forefather, grandfather, great-grandfather) inherited from Proto-Germanic *anô (forefather, ancestor) inherited 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
- ahnentafel English
- *anulla Latin
- anilis Latin
- anus Latin
- Ahnentafel German
- Pfuchahn German
- Tafel German
- Urahn German
- pfuch German
- ano Italian
- anulingus French
- ano Spanish, Castilian
- ἀνά Ancient Greek
- *h₁eh₂no- 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
- *awô Proto-Germanic
- upp á Old Norse
- *na Proto-Slavic
- *ǫda Proto-Slavic
- ana Old High German
- ano Old High German
- հան Old Armenian
- an Middle High German
- ane Middle High German
- ane Albanian
- perëndoj Albanian
- å Cimbrian
- *kr̥náwti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ní Proto-Indo-Iranian
- anu Asturian
- *antā Proto-Albanian