Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ananąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ananą
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A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic LanguagesRobert D.FulkJohn Benjamins Publishing Company2018Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 9)RankoMatasovićBrill2009aFrom Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001Die Entwicklung der urindogermanischen Nasalpräsentien im GermanischenCorinnaScheungraberLudwig-Maximilians-Universität2010The Germanic strong verbs: foundations and development of a new systemRobertMailhammerBerlin, New YorkMouton de Gruyter2007‘Langvokalische Perfekta’ in indogermanischen Einzelsprachen und ihr grundsprachlicher HintergrundStefanSchumacherGerhard MeiserOlav HacksteinSprachkontakt und Sprachwandel: Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.–23. September 2000WiesbadenDr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag592–6262005अनितिto breathe, live*h₂enh₁-to breathe𐌿𐌶𐍉𐌽he expired*ana-remainἄνεμοςwindanimusspirit, soul
verbStrong class 6to breatheFrom pre-Germanic *h₂énh₁-e-, a thematicized full-grade continuation of the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enh₁-Kroonen 2013: 27Rix et al. 2001: 267–68. Germanic evidence is sparse: the verb is reconstructed mainly from Gothic 𐌿𐌶𐍉𐌽. 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 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, and Latin animus, derivatives of the same PIE root Rix et al. 2001: 267 n. 1.