Where does “ան-” come from?

ան- (Middle Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ան-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ան- (Middle Armenian): without; -less

Definitions

  1. without; -less

Ancestry of “ան-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianան-a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
3Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “ան-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Old Armenian ան- →