Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anatyom

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 *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”), whence also *anaman (“soul”), *anatlā (“breath”), and *anati (“to remain”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*anatyom n

soul
Synonym: *anaman

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*anatyom	*anatyou	*anatyā
vocative	*anatyom	*anatyou	*anatyā
accusative	*anatyom	*anatyou	*anatyā
genitive	*anatyī	*anatyous	*anatyom
dative	*anatyūi	*anatyobom	*anatyobos
locative	*anatyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*anatyū	*anatyobim	*anatyūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *ėnėd
- Middle Welsh: eneid
  - Welsh: enaid
Gaulish: anatia pl (in the lead tablet of Larzac)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 44

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 44

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