"an" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂én (“up, on high”), but the exact formation is disputed due to the final vowel in descendants that reflect *ana. According to Kroonen, who derives both *an and *ana from a pre-Germanic *h₂enh̥₂, the final vowel was lost by regular sound change but remained in compound forms, whence it was restored in some of the daughter languages. Alternative explanations for the final vowel include a fossilized suffix *-o/*-ó of uncertain (allative?) function, as in *anda. Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*h₂en-}}, {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*h₂en-|*h₂én|up, on high}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂én (“up, on high”)
  1. on, onto Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-an-gem-pro-adv-SfFTjxUk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ana

Preposition

IPA: /ˈɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂én (“up, on high”), but the exact formation is disputed due to the final vowel in descendants that reflect *ana. According to Kroonen, who derives both *an and *ana from a pre-Germanic *h₂enh̥₂, the final vowel was lost by regular sound change but remained in compound forms, whence it was restored in some of the daughter languages. Alternative explanations for the final vowel include a fossilized suffix *-o/*-ó of uncertain (allative?) function, as in *anda. Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*h₂en-}}, {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*h₂en-|*h₂én|up, on high}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂én (“up, on high”)
  1. on, upon [+dative] Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-an-gem-pro-prep-djiTgVWK
  2. onto [+accusative] Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-an-gem-pro-prep-a9V7JSEw Categories (other): Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Germanic prepositions Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 14 37 49 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic prepositions: 16 23 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ana

Inflected forms

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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "an"
}

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