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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ānniyos
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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
- ring
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ānniyos | *ānniyou | *ānniyoi |
| vocative | *ānniye | *ānniyou | *ānniyūs |
| 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
- Irish: fáinne
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 38–39