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). 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. 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
    • Breton: alan
  • Middle Cornish: anel
    • Cornish: anal
  • Middle Welsh: anadyl, anadl
    • Welsh: anadl
• Old Irish: anál, anáil
  • Irish: anáil
  • Manx: ennal
  • Scottish Gaelic: anail