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ānetvā

absolutive of āneti (having brought, having led)

1. having brought home; having fetched; lit. having led here
2. having brought; having led (to); lit. having led here
3. (gram) having distributed the meaning of a word to other words; lit. having led here

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward (the speaker)
  Reverses the direction of motion verbs, directing action toward the speaker's position. Sanskrit ā; no common European cognate.
• ne — root · lead, guide
  The root √nī (to lead), seen in neti "leads". Cognate with Latin dūcere (to lead) and related to the Indo-European *snewd-.
• tvā — ending · absolutive marker
  The absolutive suffix -tvā forms a gerund or absolutive participle, expressing an action completed before the main verb in the sentence.

Analysis. ā + netvā: the prefix ā- (toward the speaker, reversing the direction of √gam-type verbs) attached to the absolutive netvā of neti (leads, from √nī "lead"). The concrete sense "led here" becomes "brought" or "fetched" — motion directed toward the speaker's position.

Etymology. From ā- (toward) + neti (leads), itself from the root √nī (to lead, guide), cognate with Latin "dūcere" (to lead) through the Indo-European root *snewd-. The prefix ā- reverses the typical direction of the verb, turning "led" into "led toward (the speaker)" or "brought."

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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