Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wlanā

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 *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Noun

*wlanā f

1. wool

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wlanā	*wlanai	*wlanās
vocative	*wlanā	*wlanai	*wlanās
accusative	*wlanam	*wlanai	*wlanāms
genitive	*wlanās	*wlanous	*wlanom
dative	*wlanāi	*wlanābom	*wlanābos
locative	*wlanai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*wlanābim	*wlanābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *gwlan
  • Middle Breton: glan, gloan
    • Breton: gloan
  • Old Cornish: gluan
    • Middle Cornish: glan, glawn
      • Cornish: gwlan
  • Old Welsh: gulan
    • Middle Welsh: gwlan
      • Welsh: gwlân
• Old Irish: olann (from sandhi variant *ulanā)
  • Irish: olann
  • Scottish Gaelic: olann
  • Manx: ollan
• Gaulish: *wlanā
  • → Old French: flaine, floene
  • → Old French: flanelle (diminutive)
    • Norman: flianné
    • → Middle English: flaunneol
      • English: flannel
        • → French: flanelle (reborrowing)
          • → Catalan: franel·la
          • → German: Flanell
          • → Italian: flanella
          • → Portuguese: flanela
          • → Spanish: franela
          • → Swedish: flanell
  • → Middle English: flanyn