Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/en

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.

This Proto-Celtic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁én. Matasović reconstructs *eni for the whole preposition, but since the preposition triggers a nasal mutation/eclipsis instead of a lenition in its descendants, a closed syllable may be reconstructed instead. However, the attested closed syllable could be explained by the theory of the early apocope of final /i/ in unstressed words, usually used to explain the rise of the absolute and conjunct inflection in Old Irish (by treating conjunct forms in the unstressed category).

Preposition

*en

1. in

Derived terms

• *eni-

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *ɨn
  • Middle Breton: en
    • Breton: e
  • Cornish: yn, en
  • Old Welsh: in
    • Middle Welsh: yn
      • Welsh: yn
• Old Irish: i, hí, hi
  • Middle Irish: i, a
    • Irish: i
    • Scottish Gaelic: an
    • Manx: ayns