Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂en

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

    Adverb

    *h₂en[1]

    1. there, on the other side
    2. otherwise

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    • (perhaps) *h₂en-bʰoh₁
    • *h₂en [2]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • Lithuanian: angu (or)
        • Old Prussian: anga (whether)
      • >? Proto-Indo-Iranian:
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    • *h₂én-o-s[3][4][5]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *anas
        • Lithuanian: anàs
        • Proto-Slavic: *onъ (see there for further descendants)
    • *h₂énteros (other, second)
    • (perhaps) *h₂én-to-s[2]
      • Proto-Celtic:
        • Celtiberian: antos (end, border)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:

    Descendants

    • Proto-Germanic:
    • >? Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: ἄν (án) (or from a reanalysis of οὐ κάν (ou kán) as οὐκ ἄν (ouk án)[6])
    • Proto-Italic: *an

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “an”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 40-41
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dunkel, George E. (2014) “*án 'auf der anderen Seite; im anderen Fall, möglicherweise'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 28-35
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “anas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54:*h₂en-o-
    4. ^ Langston, Keith (2017–2018) “Chapter XIII: Slavic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Slavic, page 1547:*h₂en-o-
    5. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) “*áno- 'der auf der anderen Seite, jener'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 55-64
    6. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 96-97

    Further reading