Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énti

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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

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Etymology

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

    Adverb

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    *h₂énti

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

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    • Proto-Albanian: *antā[1]
    • Proto-Anatolian:
    • 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

    Further reading

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    References

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    1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 77
    2. ^ 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
    3. ^ 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.
    4. ^ Buck, Carl (1904) A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 29
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