Where does “Hattian” come from?

Hattian (English) comes from English ān, from Middle English ān, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic ain, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

Hattian (English): A member of an ancient people who inhabited the...

Definitions

  1. A member of an ancient people who inhabited the...

Ancestry of “Hattian”, step by step

Hattian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān—
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via English Hatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHattia region of Bronze Age Anatolia, inhabited by the Hattians and then the Hittites
2Akkadian𒄩𒋾—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic ainaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ain →