Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anamī

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

Probably of PIE origin, although no-one has agreed on a definite etymology. Two possibilities have been put forward:

• Descended from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₃-
• A deverbal noun from *amū (to wash) with the negative prefix *an- attached

Noun

*anamī f

1. blemish, fault

Declension

Feminine ī/yā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*anamī	*anamī	*anamyās
vocative	*anamī	*anamī	*anamyās
accusative	*anamīm	*anamī	*anamīms
genitive	*anamyās	*anamyous	*anamyom
dative	*anamyai	*anamyābom	*anamyābos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*anamyābim	*anamyābis

Descendants

• Brythonic:
  • Old Welsh: anamou
    • Middle Welsh: anaf
      • Welsh: anaf
  • Middle Breton: anaf, anaff
• Old Irish: anim
• Transalpine Gaulish: anamis

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*anamī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 34