From pre-Germanic *h₂énh₁-e-, a thematicized full-grade continuation of the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enh₁- (Kroonen 2013: 27; Rix et al. 2001: 267–68). Germanic evidence is sparse: the verb is reconstructed mainly from Gothic 𐌿𐌶𐍉𐌽 (uzōn). Ringe (2017: 274–75) places *ananą among the vowel-initial Strong class 6 verbs whose preterite singular developed a long vowel through contraction of the reduplicating and root syllables, which he reconstructs as trimoric *ôn- specifically in the preterite indicative singular, beside ordinary *ōn- in the remainder of the preterite paradigm. Fulk (2018: 259), following Mailhammer (2007: 89–103, especially 94–95) and Schumacher (2005: 597–98), acknowledges the long vowel derived from reduplication of the initial laryngeal, but posits the length as a simple bimoric vowel in both singular and plural. The absence of **-nn- is noteworthy, since *ananą provides a counterexample to the proposed Germanic development *-nH- > *-nn-: inherited *-nh₁- instead gives simple *-n- here (Scheungraber 2010: 84–85). Cognate with Sanskrit अनिति (ániti) and Proto-Celtic *ana-, the latter probably showing the semantic development ‘breathe, exhale’ > ‘rest, pause’ > ‘remain’ (Matasović 2009a: s.v. *ana-; Rix et al. 2001: 267–68). Compare also Ancient Greek ἄνεμος (ánemos), and Latin animus, derivatives of the same PIE root (Rix et al. 2001: 267 n. 1).