hannahanna-hahhah-anna-ana-anne-anneanne

A Sunday subject!

Anadolu is really full with ANAs. Anadolu gercekten ana dolu.

I saw by the word "ANA", meaning MOTHER in Turkish, in Ismet Zeki Eyuboglu's book "An etymological dictionary of the Turkish Language" that the root is -most probably- an Anatolian root.
In Hittite Language I have found many words with this syllable -an.
An- has to do with birth and creation.

I have used the link below to find more of the root -AN- and related issues:

http://www.assyrianlanguages.org/hittite/en_lexique_hittite.htm#a

Then I had the idea to look at the name of the female deities of the regions of Eurasia, Mesopotamia and Central Asia and the adjacent regions.

There are many Goddesses who have any kind of

an- (or) -na
en- (or) -ne
in- (or) -ni

in their names. Look at the excel sheet below.
(This list makes no claim to be exhaustive and I am not an expert!).

*ALBANIAN*	*CELTIC* (further)	*GERMANIC*	*HITTITE*	*ROMAN*
Prenne	Anu	Fimmilena	Eštan/Arinna	Abeona
	Banba	Hludana	Hannahanna	Agenoria
ARABIAN	Boann	Nerthus	Hatepuna	Angerona
Manaf	Rhiannon	Sunna	Inara	Anna Perenna
Manat		Tamfana	Hutena( 3 Godesses)	Annona
Na’ila	*EGYPTIAN*	Baduhenna		Bellona
	Amunet	Nehalennia	*IRANIAN*	Bubona
*ARMENIAN*	Anatt	Gna	Anahita	Camenea
Anahit	Anupett	Idyn	Daena(1 of the yazatas)	Fauna
Nane	Anaka	Nanna	Nana	Feronia
Nar	Meshkenet	Ran	Satana	Fortuna
Arubani (Urartian)	Neith	Sigyn		Furina
	Renenutet	Syn	*MESOPOTAMIA*	Juturna
*CELTIC*	Teneneth		Anunitu	Laverna
Ancasta	Wenet	*GREEK*	Ashnan (Ezina)	Levana
Andraste		Anaideia	Sarpanit	Libitina
Brigantia	*ETRUSCAN*	Ananke	Hegir-Nuna	Luna
Britannia	Albina	Angelia	Inanna	Mana (Geneta Mana)
Coventina	Alpanu	Antheia	Manungal	Mania
Epona	Calaina	Athena/Athana	Nanaya	Mellona
Senuna	Feronia	Despoina	Nammu	Orbona
Nabia	Losna	Enodia	Nanshe	Pellonia
Acionna	Mania	Eurynome	Ninmena	Pomona
Ancamna	Minerva	Hegemone	Ninsianna	Rumina
Andarta	Thalna	Heimarmene	*very few Goddesses with NIN *	Semonia
Annea Clivana	Thesan	Mene	Suzianna	Vallonia
Arduinna	Turan	Mnemosyne		Venus
Belenus	Uni	Nemesis	*FINNISH*
Damona	Vesuna	Nyx	Ilmaneitsi	*VAINAKH*
Dea Matrona		Panacea	Maan-Emo	Dartsa-Naana
Divona	*GEORGIAN*	Pepromene	Tuonetar	Mokh-Naana
Ianuaria	Ainina	Urania	Manna	Satanaya
Icauna	Danana		Rana Niejta
Icavellauna		*TURKISH*
Inciona	*SLAVIC*	Ak Ana	*HUNGARIAN*	*SUMERIAN*
Naria	Devana	Gun Ana	Istenanya	Anu
Nemetona	Marzanna	Od Ana	Hajnal Anjacska	Damgalnuna
Ritona	Vesna	Su Ana	Nap Anya	Inanna
Sequana	Veliona	Umay Ana	Szelanja
Sirona	Perperuna	Etugen Eke	Tüz Anya
Souconna	Ognyena		Viz Anya	*OTHERS*
	Ozwiena			Annapurna
				Annapatni

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_goddesses)

The very interesting one for me and for many Turks is

Hittite goddess HANNAHANNA

SHE is the MOTHER of all Hittite Gods. She ist the "Grandmother".
Grandmother : HANNAHANNA = ANNEANNE. A very fascinating similarity.

And a joke from Germany:

Alle türkischen Mütter heißen Anne = All Turkish Mothers have the name Anne.

German female name = Anne = Turkish word for "Mutter"

Have a nice Sunday!

Uzunbacak Adem