An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/ohne

by Friedrich Kluge

ohne, preposition, from the equivalent Middle High German ân, âne, OH . âno, preposition, ‘without’; corresponding to Old Saxon âno, Middle Dutch aen, Old Icelandic án, earlier ón (from *ánu), ‘without’; in Gothic, with a different gradation, inu. Undoubtedly the negative un- and Gothic ni, ‘not’ (see nie), are also allied to ohne, as well as Greek ἄνευ, ‘without.’ —