Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bandā

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bn̥dʰéh₂, from zero-grade form of *bendʰ- (“pin, point”). Cognate with Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”).

Noun

*bandā f

top, peak
horn

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bandā	*bandai	*bandās
vocative	*bandā	*bandai	*bandās
accusative	*bandam	*bandai	*bandās
genitive	*bandās	*bandous	*bandom
dative	*bandai	*bandābom	*bandābos
instrumental	*?	*bandābim	*bandābis

Descendants

Brythonic: *bann
- Middle Breton: ban
  - Breton: bann
- Cornish: ban
- Middle Welsh: bann
  - Welsh: ban
Old Irish: benn
- Irish: beann, binn
- Manx: beinn
- Scottish Gaelic: beann
Gaulish: benn-, *bannā
- Old Occitan:
  - Catalan: banya; banyut
  - Occitan: bana
- Galician: bean

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