Where does “e-” come from?

e- (Lower Tanana) comes from Proto-Hellenic ə-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

e- (Lower Tanana): Marks the imperfective mode

Definitions

  1. Marks the imperfective mode

Ancestry of “e-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicə-un-, not; without, lacking
2Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
3Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “e-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic ə- →