Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ent-

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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

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