ote — de Vaan
ote 'or' [cj.] (< *auti/eiy PIE *h2eu 'away'. IE cognates: Olr. ύα 'from', Skt. άνα 'off, down', OAv. auua, YAv, auua 'towards' < *h2euo; Gr. αδ 'again, on the contrary', Gr. αυτέ, αύτάρ, OPr. Lith. au-, OCS. u- 'away from'. Lat. aut < *auti or *aute; autem < *auti + m. Final -em may be the particle *-ew found in idem, item, or the regular reflex of PIE *-i/w (in which case Am in the ί-stems must be due to … — [de Vaan, s.v. ote, p. 78]