anë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ane"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

With loss of -d- from archaic and dialectal ândë, from Proto-Albanian *antā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (compare English end).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːn/

Noun

anë f (indefinite plural anë, definite singular ana, definite plural anët)

  1. side (the bounding straight edge of an object)
  2. edge
  3. verge, brink
  4. region, portion
  5. facet

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Dialectal; from Proto-Albanian *aukn-, from Proto-Indo-European *h2euk(w)-sno- 'pot', *aukw- (cooking pot), *Hukʷ-. Cognate to Gothic auhns (auhns, oven) and Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, pot). Compare also English oven.

Alternative forms

Noun

anë f (indefinite plural enë, definite singular ana, definite plural enët)

  1. (dialectal) vessel, cooker
  2. (dialectal, anatomy) blood vessel
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *ḫ-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

  1. bloodline

References

  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 77
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