anafang

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Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

anafanc, anefang, anavanch, anavang

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *anafangi; by surface analysis, ana- +‎ fang.

Noun[edit]

anafang m

beginning, start
(Franconian) embrace, grip

Declension[edit]

Declension of anafang (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	anafang	anafangi
accusative	anafang	anafangi
genitive	anafanges	anafango
dative	anafange	anafangim, anafangen
instrumental	anafangu	—

Descendants[edit]

Middle High German: anevanc, anvanc
- Alemannic German: Afang
- Central Franconian: Afank
- German: Anfang, Anf.
  - → Finnish: anfangi
  - → Hunsrik: aanfank
  - → Silesian: anfang
  - → Swedish: anfang
- Luxembourgish: Ufank
- Rhine Franconian:
  Palatine German: Aafang
  
  Pennsylvania German: Aafang

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *anafangi; by surface analysis, ana- +‎ fang.

Noun[edit]

anafang m

embrace

Descendants[edit]

Middle Low German: anevanc, anvanc
- German Low German: Anfang
- Plautdietsch: Aunfang

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