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PRIVATIVE PREFIXES


In English there are three primary privative prefixes, all Cognate from PIE :


  • ''n̥-'', the zero Ablaut grade of the negation ---''ne'', i.e. "n" used as a vowel, as in some English pronunciations of " Button ". This is the source of the 'n' in 'an-' privative prefixed nouns deriving from the Greek, which had both. For This Reason , it appears as ''an-'' before vowel, e.g. ''an'' Orexia , ''an'' Esthesia .


The same prefix appears in Sanskrit , also as ''a-'', ''an-''. In North Germanic Languages , the -''n''- has disappeared and Old Norse has ''ú-'' (e.g. ú-dáins-akr ), Danish and Norwegian have ''u-'', whereas Swedish uses ''o'', and Icelandic uses the etymologically related ''ó''.


PRIVATIVE SUFFIXES


Some languages have privative Suffixes ; ''-less'' is an example in English, and ''-t(a)lan'' or ''-t(e)len'' is an example in Hungarian (a non-IE language).


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