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

Related terms

*h₂entíos

Descendants

Proto-Albanian: *antā^[1]
Proto-Anatolian:
- Hittite: 𒄩𒀭𒍝 (ḫa-an-za /⁠ḫants⁠/, “in front”)^[2]^[3]
Armenian:
- Old Armenian: ընդ (ənd, “to, at, towards, by”)
Proto-Germanic: *andi (“and, also, against”) (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἀντί (antí)
  - Greek: αντί (antí)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hanti
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hanti
  - Sanskrit: अन्ति (anti)
Proto-Italic: *anti
- Latin: ante (see there for further descendants)
- Oscan: 𐌀𐌍𐌕 (ant)^[4]

References

^ 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
^ 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
^ 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.
^ Buck, Carl (1904) A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 29

[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

[Kloekhorst-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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