en-2

    en-2

    English meaning: year

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Jahr”

    Material: Gk. ἔνος “year” Hes., doubtful, whether m. or n., δί-ενος “ biennial “, τετρα-ένης, -ες “quadrennial, four years old”, Hom. acc. sg. ἦνιν, acc. pl. ῑνής “annual”, πρητ-ήν “ one-yearold lamb” (to Dor.πρᾶτος from *pr̥̄tos?); ἐν-ιαυτός “year” (to ἰαύειν: “ wenn das Jahr ruht, Jahreswende “??). zero grade -n- in: Goth. fram fair-n-in jēra, O.S. fer-n-un gê re, M.H.G. verne “ last year “; Lith. pér-n-ai “ last year “, Ltv. pę̃rns “the previous year”; Russ. dial., Cz. lo-ni (*ol-ni) “ letztjährig “. Specht Decl. 16 places in addition Pron. en in Gk. ἔνη “that (day or that year”?).

    Note: Gk. ἔνος “year” : Lat. annus “year” (*atnos ) “year” : O.Ind. hǘ yana- “yearly”, hüyaná - m. n. “year” prove that Root en-2 : “year” : Root at-, *atno- : “to go; year” : Root u̯et- : “year” [prothetic u̯- before bare initial vowels] derived from Root ĝhei-2, ĝhi-, ĝhei-men-, *ĝheimn- : “winter; snow”

    References: Schwyzer Gk. I 424 with Anm. 5, Feist 140 f., Specht Decl. 15 f.