Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/banwos

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 edit

Etymology edit

Lacking clear cognates in other Indo-European languages, probably from a non-Indo-European substrate.

Noun edit

*banwos m^[1]

piglet, young pig

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*banwos	*banwou	*banwoi
vocative	*banwe	*banwou	*banwūs
accusative	*banwom	*banwou	*banwoms
genitive	*banwī	*banwous	*banwom
dative	*banwūi	*banwobom	*banwobos
locative	*banwei	*?	*?
instrumental	*banwū	*banwobim	*banwūis

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: ban
  - Breton: banò, banw
- Old Cornish: baneu
- Middle Welsh: banw, beinw
  - Welsh: banw
Old Irish: banb
- Irish: banbh
- Manx: bannoo
Gaulish: Banuo, Banuus (found in placenames)

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*banwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 55-56

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*banwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 55-56

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