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 *wlanāns
genitive *wlanās *wlanous *wlanom
dative *wlanāi *wlanābom *wlanābos
locative *wlanai *? *?
instrumental *? *wlanābim *wlanābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwlan
    • Middle Breton: glan, gloan
    • Old Cornish: gluan
    • Old Welsh: gulan
  • Old Irish: olann (from sandhi variant *ulanā)
  • Gaulish: *wlanā