Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ə-

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“un-”).[1]

Alternative forms

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  • *ən- (before words beginning with a vowel)
  • *nē-, *nā-, *nō- (before words beginning with a short vowel originating from a PIE laryngeal)

Prefix

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*ə-

  1. un-, not
  2. without, lacking

Derived terms

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Proto-Hellenic terms prefixed with *ə-

Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: ἀ- (a-)
    • Greek: α- (a-)
      • → English: a-
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: a-

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀ- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
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