N. ifant adj. “aged, having lived long, (lit.) year-full” (Category: Old)

References ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ, YEN; EtyAC/YEN

Glosses

• “aged, having lived long” ✧ Ety/YEN
• “‘year-full’” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Changes

• ifant “aged, long-lived” »» ifant “aged, having lived long” ✧ EtyAC/YEN

Elements

în	“year”		✧ Ety/YEN (in)
pant	“full”	nasal-mutation	✧ Ety/YEN (fant)
ᴹ√YEN¹	“year”		✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ
ᴹ√KWAT	“*fill; full”		✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Derivations

• < ON. inpanta “aged, having lived long” ✧ Ety/YEN
  • < in-fant < inpanta ✧ Ety/YEN
  • < ᴹ✶yenpanta “aged, long-lived” ✧ Ety/YEN (yen-panta)

Phonetic Developments

ON. inpanta > in-fant > ifant

[inpanta] > [inpʰanta] > [inpʰantʰa] > [inɸantʰa] > [inɸanθa] > [infanθa] > [infanθ] > [infant] > [ifant]

✧ Ety/YEN