Etymology

Anitta

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Today it means: name of a king of ancient Kussara. The earliest known ruler to compose a text in the Hittite language. The author of the 'Anitta text' - the oldest known text in the Hittite language (the oldest known Indo-European text altogether). Full definition →

Hittite [script needed]
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  1. Hittite · derived from[script needed]
  2. English todayAnitta

From Hittite [script needed] (Anitta). The etymology of the name is unknown; neither demonstrably Indo-European nor clearly of non-Indo-European origin.

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