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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énti

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

Etymology

Locative singular case of the root noun *h₂énts (“forehead, front”).

Adverb

*h₂énti

  1. opposite
  2. near
  3. in front
  4. before

Descendants
  • Albanian: ende (“still, yet, therefore”), edhe (“and, also”)
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Hittite: 𒄩𒀭𒍝 (ḫa-an-za /ḫants/, “in front”)[1][2]
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: ընդ (ənd, “to, at, towards, by”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *andi (“and, also, against”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hanti
  • Proto-Italic: *anti
    • Latin: ante (see there for further descendants)
    • Oscan: 𐌀𐌍𐌕 (ant)[3]

Further reading

References
  1. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 287–289
  2. According to Kloekhorst (2008: 289), Hittite ḫants is the regular continuation of the locative in *-i, whereas 𒄩𒀭𒋾 (ḫa-an-ti /ḫanti/, “opposite, against; instead; apart”) is a more recent formation from the synchronic dative–locative singular in Hittite.
  3. Buck, Carl (1904) A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 29
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