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 edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

*anamos m[2]

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

Declension edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  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