Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/anamos

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 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

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

  1. (perhaps originally) breath
  2. spirit, soul, life force

Declension

o-stemDeclension of *anamos (o-stem)
case 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

  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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