FromMiddle Welsheneit(“spirit, life; purity”), fromProto-Celtic*anatyom, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-(“to breathe, blow”). Cognate withGaulishanatia(“souls (?)”) attested on theLarzac tablet; see also the modernWelshanadl(“breath, wind”), fromProto-Celtic*anatlā(“breath, breathing”).[1]
Enid
Enid f
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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Enid | unchanged | unchanged | Henid |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.