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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ent-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Perhaps extended from *h₂en- (“on, onto”).

Root

*h₂ent-

  1. face
  2. forehead
  3. front

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ent-‎ (17 c, 0 e)
  • *h₂ént-s ~ *h₂n̥t-és
  • *h₂entí-o-s (“front, forehead”)
  • *h₂ént-o-s
    • Proto-Tocharian: *ā́ntë (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₂e/ont-ó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hantás
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hantás
        • Sanskrit: अन्त (antá) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *antā
      • Albanian: ândë, ânë (Gheg)
      • Albanian: anë
    • Proto-Anatolian:
      • Hittite: [script needed] (ḫantezzi, “first”)
    • Proto-Celtic: *antonos

Further reading
  • Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “ḫant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 287–289
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