Comparative evidence

h₂neh₃

• Hitt. hanna- 'sue', 'judge' (EDHIL: 282f.) Kloekhorst in EDHIL argues that hanna- goes back to *h3neh3-, the root for 'name'.

References

EDHIL = Kloekhorst, A. 2008. Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon. Brill.