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This Proto-Celtic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.
From Proto-Indo-European*h₁én. Matasović reconstructs *eni for the whole preposition, but since the preposition triggers a nasal mutation/eclipsis instead of a lenition in its descendants, a closed syllable may be reconstructed instead. However, the attested closed syllable could be explained by the theory of the early apocope of final /i/ in unstressed words, usually used to explain the rise of the absolute and conjunct inflection in Old Irish (by treating conjunct forms in the unstressed category).
^ Bisagni, Jacopo. (2012). The Origins of the Preterite of the Old Irish Copula and Substantive Verb: An Overview and New Ideas. Journal of Celtic Linguistics, 14(1), 1-29, p. 9
