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

Etymology

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

Noun

*banwos m[1]

  1. piglet, young pig

Declension

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

Descendants

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

References

  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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