Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þananā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *þan (“then”) +‎ *-anā (ablative suffix).

Adverb

*þananā

thence, from there

Usage notes

The geminate -nn- in Middle English and Middle High German is either by analogy with *þannē or due to contraction of the medial vowel (with subsequent restitution of the suffix based on uncontracted forms).

Descendants

Old English: þanan, þanon, þanone
- Middle English: þenne
  - ⇒ Middle English: þennes
    - English: thence
- →? Old Norse: þanan (calque)
Old Frisian: thana
Old Saxon: thanan, thanana
- Middle Low German: danen
  - Low German:
    Westphalian: diëne
Old Dutch: *thanana
- Middle Dutch: danen, dane, daen
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: van dane
    - Dutch: vandaan
Old High German: danān, danana
- Middle High German: dannen
  - Alemannic German: danne, dänne
  - Central Franconian: danne, dänne
  - German: dannen
  - Luxembourgish: danen (obsolete)

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*þananē̆”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416