Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂enh₁mos

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *h₂enh₁- +‎ *-mos. Compare *h₂énh₁-mn̥, whence Proto-Celtic *anaman.

Noun

*h₂enh₁mos m (non-ablauting)

1. breath

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*h₂enh₁mos
genitive	*h₂enh₁mosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂enh₁mos	*h₂enh₁moh₁	*h₂enh₁moes
vocative	*h₂enh₁me	*h₂enh₁moh₁	*h₂enh₁moes
accusative	*h₂enh₁mom	*h₂enh₁moh₁	*h₂enh₁moms
genitive	*h₂enh₁mosyo	*?	*h₂enh₁moHom
ablative	*h₂enh₁mead	*?	*h₂enh₁momos, *h₂enh₁mobʰos
dative	*h₂enh₁moey	*?	*h₂enh₁momos, *h₂enh₁mobʰos
locative	*h₂enh₁mey, *h₂enh₁moy	*?	*h₂enh₁moysu
instrumental	*h₂enh₁moh₁	*?	*h₂enh₁mōys

Descendants

• Proto-Armenian:
  • >? Old Armenian: հողմ (hołm)
• Proto-Hellenic: *ánemos (“wind”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *anamos (“spirit, soul”), *anemos
  • Latin: animus (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Latin: anima (“breath, wind, spirit”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌌𐌞𐌌 (anamúm, accusative singular)