Ahne
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- female ancestor
- grandmother
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German ane inherited from Old High German ana (grandmother, ancestress, great-grandmother) inherited from Proto-Germanic *anǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*anǭ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awn English
- awned English
- awner English
- awnless English
- awny English
- an German
- *ana Proto-Germanic
- *anǭ Proto-Germanic
- awne, aw(u)ne Middle English
- ane Danish
- ana Old High German
- ano Old High German
- hevanna Old High German
- an Middle High German
- ane Middle High German
- un Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- אָנ־ Yiddish
- Äni Alemannic German
- aan Central Franconian
- aan Hunsrik