Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/anadl

This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *anatlā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Cognate with Old Irish anál.

Noun

*anadl f

breath

Descendants

Middle Breton: alazn, azlan
- Breton: alan
Middle Cornish: anel
- Cornish: anal
Middle Welsh: anadyl, anadl
- Welsh: anadl

References

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

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