Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *anadôScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_anadô
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The Indo-European dh-Determinative in GermanicWinfred P.LehmannLanguage182125–1321942Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 9)RankoMatasovićBrill2009aEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008*anatlābreathanimabreath, spirit*h₂enh₁-to breathe*h₂weh₁-to blow
nounmasculinean-stembreathspirit; vital forcezeal, ardor; a secondary emotional sense reflected especially in West GermanicFrom a masculine n-stem built to an extended form *h₂enh₁-dʰ- of Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-; compare *ananą. The *-dʰ- may represent the PIE root enlargement traditionally called the dʰ-determinative; in Germanic nouns derived from intransitive roots, Lehmann 1942 analyzes this enlargement as marking a state or result produced by a preceding action, which would permit *h₂enh₁-dʰ- ‘that which results from breathing’ > ‘breath’. A close morphological-semantic parallel is his analysis of Germanic *wedrą as a dʰ-extension of PIE *h₂weh₁-Lehmann 1942: 128. The identification of *-dʰ- as an enlargement is, however, uncertain, as no exact extra-Germanic counterpart confirms the exact enlarged stem. Root cognates include Latin anima< *h₂enh₁-mo and Proto-Celtic *anatlā < *h₂enh₁-tl-eh₂ de Vaan 2008: s.v. animusMatasović 2009a: 35.