𒈠𒀀𒀭

Luwian

Etymology

Per Kloekhorst, from Proto-Anatolian *món or similar; cognate with Lycian 𐊎𐊚 (mẽ, “as; so, likewise”), Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀭 (ma-a-an /⁠mān⁠/, “like, as, how; if, whenever”) and Palaic 𒈠𒀀𒀭 (ma-a-an /⁠mān⁠/, “when”). The Proto-Anatolian word is of uncertain but probably Proto-Indo-European origin: further compare Old Irish má (“when”), Tocharian A mänt (“how?”), Tocharian B mant (“so”, conj.) and perhaps Ancient Greek μέν (mén, “while, so”).

Conjunction

𒈠𒀀𒀭 (ma-a-an /mān/)

1. if
2. whenever
3. whether…or

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 552: “PAnat. *món ?”