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Albanian
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Etymology 1
With loss of -d- from archaic and dialectal ândë, from Proto-Albanian *antā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (compare English end).
Noun
anë f (plural anë, definite ana, definite plural anët)
- side (the bounding straight edge of an object)
- edge
- verge, brink
- region, portion
- facet
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *aukn-, from possibly Proto-Indo-European *h₂euk(ʷ)-sno- (“pot”), from the root *h₂ukʷ- ~ *Hukʷ-. Cognate e.g. to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”), English oven.
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Noun
anë f (plural enë, definite ana, definite plural enët)
- (dialectal) vessel, cooker
- (dialectal, anatomy) blood vessel
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Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *an- (“male or female ancestor”). Compare Old High German ano (“grandfather, great-grandfather, forefather”), ana (“grandmother, great-grandmother, ancestress”), German Ahn (“grandfather, great-grandfather, forefather”) and Old Prussian ane (“old mother”).
Noun
anë f
- bloodline
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References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 77