Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ent-

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

Perhaps extended from *h₂en- (“on, onto”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Root

*h₂ent-

1. face
2. forehead
3. front

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ent-‎ (25 c, 0 e)

• *h₂ént-s ~ *h₂n̥t-és
• *h₂entí-o-s (“front, forehead”)
• *h₂ént-o-s
  • Proto-Tocharian: *ā́ntë (see there for further descendants)
• *h₂e/ont-ó-s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hantás
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hantás
      • Sanskrit: अन्त (antá) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *antā
    • Albanian: ândë, ânë (Gheg)
    • Albanian: anë
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Hittite: [script needed] (ḫantezzi, “first”)
  • Proto-Celtic: *antonos
    • Old Irish: étan
      • Irish: éadan
      • Manx: eddin
      • Scottish Gaelic: aodann

Further reading

• 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