*ʾn: 'where?, whither?; whence?'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ʾn
Meaning	'where?, whither?; whence?'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Mehri	ḥõ (Rubin 2018 40)	Rubin 2018 40	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ʾān, ʾānâ, mēʾān, ʿad-ʾān (HALOT 69)	HALOT 69	gloss withheld
Arabic	ʾannā 'whence?; where?' (Lane 119)	Lane 119
Ugaritic	ản (II) (DULAT 73)	DULAT 73	gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 69 sets Hebrew ʾān with Arabic ʾannā 'where from? where to?', Sefire and Egyptian Aramaic ʾn, Jewish Aramaic hn, ʾn and perhaps Ugaritic an, and asks whether ʾān comes from II ʾayin 'whence?' (BL 631e), which HALOT 42 derives from *ʾay with Arabic ʾaina. Lane 119 gives ʾannā as syn. min ʾayna. Cf. K0567 *ʾayy- 'which?; where?'.

Updated 28 October 2026

*ʾn: 'where?, whither?; whence?'

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