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
köken: From Proto-Finnic *-lla, from earlier *-l-na, composed of an element *-l(l)- (external locative infix; see -lle) and the essive/locative suffix *-na. Compare Moksha -ла (-la) in фтала (ftala, “behind”).
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.
köken: Rebracketing of older oppå, from Old Norse upp + á, compare English 'pon from upon. The preposition å (“on”) is still used in some Jutlandic dialects in the same sense.
aile: agte på, bagpå, banke på, blive klog på, blæse på, derpå, drøn på, fart på, herpå, hvorpå
köken: Cognate with Muong tểnh, tiểnh, Tho [Cuối Chăm] teːŋ³ and Kri têêngq ("to arrive"). Compare Proto-Tai *C̬.tɤŋᴬ (whence Thai ถึง (tʉ̌ng)), Lakkia taŋ²³¹, Maonan taŋ¹, and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ (whence Malay datang, Tagalog dating). Most prepositions in Vietnamese were originally verbs: cho (“to give; for”), ở (“to stay; at, in”), tới (“to arrive; to”), lên (“to go up; onto”), vào (“to…
aile: đến đâu hay đến đó, đến nơi đến chốn
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Etimoloji
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *-il, from *il (“place, house”) (whence also Tamil இல் (il, idem)).