*anô

Probably a masculine an-stem formed from the same inherited kinship base that underlies the widespread Indo-European ‘grandmother’ set. Serangeli (2020: 208–209) reconstructs the inherited formation as *h₂énH-o-, taking the geminate of Hittite 𒄩𒀭𒈾 (ha-an-na- /ḫanna-/) as evidence for *-nH-, whereas Olsen (2020: 81–82) prefers the less committal stem *h₂an(h)- and notes that the gemination could instead be hypocoristic and that even initial *h₂ is not entirely secure. Cognates of the underlying kinship family include Hittite 𒄩𒀭𒈾 (ha-an-na- /ḫanna-/), Ancient Greek ἀννίς (annís), Armenian հան (han), Latin anus, Old Prussian ane, and Lithuanian anýta (de Vaan 2008: 45, s.v. anus; Martirosyan 2010: 388, s.v. han; Olsen 2020: 81–82; Serangeli 2020: 208–209). Crucially, only Germanic securely attests a masculine member of this set, Old High German ano, beside ana, so the specifically male meaning should not be projected back to Proto-Indo-European.