Where does “anu” come from?

anu (Old Breton) comes from Proto-Brythonic anw, from Proto-Celtic anman, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

Ancestry of “anu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicanwname
2Proto-Celticanmanname
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “anu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Celtic anman →