Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃neh₂-

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

Root

*h₃neh₂-^[1]

to enjoy

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃neh₂- (6 c, 0 e)

*h₃neh₂-t (root aorist)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἀπόνητο (apónēto)
*h₃n̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *h₃n̥-n-h₂-énti (nasal-infix present)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ὀνίνημι (onínēmi)
- Proto-Germanic: *unnaną (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted:
- Proto-Celtic: *anawos
  - Proto-Brythonic: *anaw
    - Middle Welsh: anaw
  - ⇒ Old Irish: anai (from *anawyos)
    - Middle Irish: ana
      - Classical Gaelic: ana
  - Gaulish: *Anauos
    - → Latin: Anauus
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HnaHtʰás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HnaHtʰás
    - Sanskrit: नाथ (nātha, “refuge; protector”)^[2]

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 302
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 33-4

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 302

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 33-4

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