Talk:anneal

Etymology after preposition "an-"

The Celtic dialect forms are as far as can be ascertained. The Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-lom sub-root is fictitious for this lexeme, confirmed by the absence of this derivative in the listing from the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ. Its origin is quite uncertain; but from the same root of Icelandic eldur (“fire”), Swedish eld (“fire, flame”), Danish ild (“fire”): and there is no evidence of a Celtic origin (and the proposed Germanic root is fictious), in spite of the Welsh and Breton lexemes for "fireplace". There is no evidence of any such borrowings from Germanic. The apparent analogies in Basque have no significance, unless the prefix "kisk-" to "-al" (scorched), "-aldu" (trans. to burn, scorch, toast), "-ali" (intrans. be burned)" and its gerund "-alpen", et cetera, has the meaningful sense of 'enforcing' or 'knock on effect'. The ancient Spanish ALUA (glow worm) and Ancient Greek ΑΛÉA (warmth, heat) with ΕΙΛΗ (the sun's warmth) - unrelated to 'ἩΛIOΣ (sun) - are so remote as not to help in this etymology! Andrew H. Gray 16:43, 13 July 2017 (UTC)Andrew talk