Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/andegʷnā

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 *ande- +‎ Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike”), whence also *gʷaneti (“to strike”).

Noun

*andegʷnā f[1]

  1. anvil

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *andegʷnā *andegʷnai *andegʷnās
vocative *andegʷnā *andegʷnai *andegʷnās
accusative *andegʷnam *andegʷnai *andegʷnāns
genitive *andegʷnās *andegʷnous *andegʷnom
dative *andegʷnāi *andegʷnābom *andegʷnābos
locative *andegʷnai *? *?
instrumental *? *andegʷnābim *andegʷnābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *annewn, *ėnnewn
    • Middle Breton: anneffn
      • Breton: annev
    • Old Cornish: ennian
      • Cornish: anwan
    • Old Welsh: ennian
      • Middle Welsh: einon, eingon, einiawn
  • Old Irish: indén, indéin (in St. Gall glosses)
    • Middle Irish: indeóin, inneóin
  • Gaulish: enemno-[2]

References

  1. ^ Stifter, David (2020), “[Review of] John Carey, Magic, metallurgy and imagination in medieval Ireland: Three studies”, in Peritia, volume 31, Brepols, pages 289-294
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “enemno-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 162
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