ennaint
Welsh
editEtymology
editGPC reconstructs Proto-Celtic *ande-nigantyom, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”), while Schumacher reconstructs Proto-Celtic *ande-antyom, derived from the Celtic root *am- (“to wash”).[1]
Noun
editennaint m (plural eneiniau)
Mutation
edit| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ennaint | unchanged | unchanged | hennaint |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
edit- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 195
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ennaint”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies