Where does “an-” come from?
an- (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
an- (Proto-Celtic): un-, not
Ancestry of “an-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |