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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anatlā

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 *h₂énh₁tleh₂, from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”) +‎ *-tl-eh₂ f (instrument noun suffix).[1] Equivalent to *ana- +‎ *-tlā.

Related to Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”) (whence the given name English Enid), Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”), presumably from Proto-Celtic *anatyom (“life; spirit, soul”).

Noun

*anatlā f[1]

  1. breath, breathing

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *anatlā *anatlai *anatlās
vocative *anatlā *anatlai *anatlās
accusative *anatlam *anatlai *anatlāms
genitive *anatlās *anatlous *anatlom
dative *anatlāi *anatlābom *anatlābos
locative *anatlai *? *?
instrumental *? *anatlābim *anatlābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *anadl
    • Middle Breton: alazn, azlan
    • Middle Cornish: anel
    • Middle Welsh: anadyl, anadl
  • Old Irish: anál, anáil

References
  1. 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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