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