aan

Central Franconian

/aːn/

preposition
Definitions
  • (most dialects) on; at
  • (most dialects) to

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German ana (grandmother, ancestress, great-grandmother).

Origin

Old High German

ana

Gloss

grandmother, ancestress, great-grandmother

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

婆

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

  • an German
  • *ana Proto-Germanic
  • *anǭ Proto-Germanic
  • ana Old High German
  • hevanna Old High German
  • an Middle High German
  • ane Middle High German
  • un Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
  • אָנ־ Yiddish
  • aan Hunsrik