Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/anamos

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Alternative reconstructions

*anemos^[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Formally cognate with Proto-Hellenic *ánemos; compare also Proto-Celtic *anaman from *h₂énh₁-mn̥.

Noun

*anamos m^[2]

(perhaps originally) breath
spirit, soul, life force

Declension

Declension of *anamos (o-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*anamos	*anamōs, anamoi
vocative	*aname	*anamōs, anamoi
accusative	*anamom	*anamons
genitive	*anamosjo, anamī	*anamom
dative	*anamōi	*anamois
ablative	*anamōd	*anamois
locative	*anamei	*anamois

Descendants

Latin: animus (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Latin: anima (“breath, wind, spirit”) (see there for further descendants)
Oscan: 𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌌𐌞𐌌 (anamúm, accusative singular)

References

^ Schrijver, Peter (1991) The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European), Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 317-318
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “animus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43

[Schrijver_1991-1] Schrijver, Peter (1991) The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European), Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 317-318

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “animus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43

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