Where does “ան-” come from?
ան- (Old Armenian) comes from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
ան- (Old Armenian): a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...
Definitions
- a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...
Ancestry of “ան-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |