Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anatlā

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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₁tleh₂, from *h₂enh₁- (to breathe) +‎ *-tl-eh₂ f (instrument noun suffix). Equivalent to *ana- +‎ *-tlā.

Related to Middle Welsh eneit (spirit, life; purity) (whence the given name English Enid), Gaulish anatia (souls (?)), presumably from Proto-Celtic *anatyom (life; spirit, soul).

Noun

*anatlā f

  1. breath, breathing

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *anatlā *anatlai *anatlās
vocative *anatlā *anatlai *anatlās
accusative *anatlam *anatlai *anatlāms
genitive *anatlās *anatlous *anatlom
dative *anatlāi *anatlābom *anatlābos
locative *anatlai *? *?
instrumental *? *anatlābim *anatlābis

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*anatlā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35