Where does “ə-” come from?

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

ə- (Proto-Hellenic): un-, not; without, lacking

Definitions

  1. un-, not; without, lacking

Ancestry of “ə-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
2Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “ə-”

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