Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ben

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *benā.

Noun

*ben f

woman

Descendants

Old Breton: ban- (in ban-leu, ban-doiuis)
- Middle Breton: e-ben
  - Breton: e-ben
Old Cornish: benen
- Cornish: ben, benyn
Old Welsh: ben
- Welsh: benyw, menyw

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