[with dative] on, upon (positioned at the top of) · [with accusative] on, onto, up (moving to the top of) · [with accusative] on (indicating responsibility)
eş: bei, zu, für
köken: From Middle High German ūf, from Old High German ūf, from Proto-Germanic *upp. This form with a lengthened vowel is originally Upper German. Central German forms were Middle High German uf and (western) up. Compare Dutch op, Low German op, Luxembourgish op, English up.
on (positioned at the outer surface of; attached to) · at, on (near; adjacent to; alongside; just off) · to, indicates the target or recipient of an action
köken: From Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch ana, from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.
aile: aan de drank, aan de gang, aan de slag, aan den lijve, aan het, aan het kortste eind trekken, aan kop, aanbreken, aandacht, aandeel
to, in order to, so that (connects sentences either to express the goal of a speaker, when the speaker wishes to communicate a command or wish) · to (used to connect a sequence of actions) · so long as (used to express a wish for anything)
eş: żeby, ażeby, by, iżby
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō Proto-Slavic *a Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Proto-Slavic *by univ. Proto-Slavic *aby Old Polish aby Polish aby Inherited from Old Polish aby. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + by.
to, for · Indicates the second, predicative complement of several verbs, e.g. those with a sense like call, name, find, deem, judge (appellation or appraisal) · as, for (in the function or role specified)
köken: From Proto-Uralic *nä (“this”) + Proto-Uralic *-k or Proto-Uralic *-ŋ (“lative suffix”). Compare Proto-Finnic *-k (“forming lative adverbs”).
toward, to · up to (indicating direction upwards) · near, by, close by, at, to (indicating location)
köken: From Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognates include English at. The accusative is from the hypothesized pre-PIE allative (or 'directional'), which merged with the accusative case in Proto-Italic.
aile: ad absurdum, ad amussim, ad arma, ad astra, ad hoc, ad hominem, ad infinitum, ad kalendas Graecas, ad libitum, ad nauseam
Fugere ad puppim collēs campīque videntur.
Meridie umbrae cadunt ad septentrionem, ortu vero ad occasum.
comparison · appeal: an application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
çekim: çoğul banding-banding
köken: Inherited from Malay banding (“comparison”). * For sense of appeal (law), probably a semantic loan from Chinese 告 (“to check; to compare”), a variant of 校 (“to check; to compare”). For comparison, see 上告 (“to appeal”, literally “to raise an appeal”) and naik banding (“to appeal”, literally “to raise an appeal”).