Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ānniyos

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 *h₁eh₂n- (“ring”). Cognate with Latin ānus (“ring, anus”) and Old Armenian անուր (anur, “ring, necklace”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s- (“belt, girdle”); compare Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē), Old Church Slavonic (по)ꙗсъ ((po)jasŭ), Lithuanian júosta.

Noun

*ānniyos m

1. ring

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ānniyos	*ānniyou	*ānniyoi
vocative	*ānniye	*ānniyou	*ānniyoi
accusative	*ānniyom	*ānniyou	*ānniyoms
genitive	*ānniyī	*ānniyous	*ānniyom
dative	*ānniyūi	*ānniyobom	*ānniyobos
locative	*ānniyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*ānniyū	*ānniyobim	*ānniyūis

Descendants

• Old Irish: áinne
  • Irish: fáinne
    • → English: phony, phoney
  • Manx: fainey
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàinne

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 38–39