Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sani

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sn̥Hi, cognate to Latin sine (“without”).[1] and Ancient Greek ἄνις (ánis, “without”, dialectal). This is analysed by Dunkel as Proto-Indo-European *sń̥ (“without”) + *h₂i (“and, also”). Compare *pr̥-h₂í (“for, before”).[2]

Preposition

*sani[3]

  1. (of motion) apart from

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *han- (preverb, also prefix used in the conjugation of *a (“from”))
    • ⇒ Middle Welsh: hanvot, hanðenu
  • Old Irish: an- (unstressed adverb-forming prefix), ⇒ anall, anúas, anís (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Hamp, Eric (1986), “Varia II”, in Ériu, volume 37, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 183–184
  2. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), “*sń ‘enfemt, getrennt, abseits; ohne’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 712
  3. ^ Schumacher, Stefan (2022), “The Development of Proto-Celtic *au in British Celtic”, in Simon Rodway, Jenny Rowland, Erich Poppe, editors, Celts, Gaels, and Britons: Studies in Language and Literature from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Honour of Patrick Sims-Williams (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, →ISBN, page 201
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