Where does “अन-” come from?
अन- (Nepali) comes from Sanskrit अन-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
अन- (Nepali): A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc
Definitions
- A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc
Ancestry of “अन-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | अन- | A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |