Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/benā

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

Alternative forms

*ben
- Old Irish: bé

Etymology

A re-formation of *ben (directly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn) as a feminine ā-stem.

Noun

*benā f

woman

Declension

Ā-stem, irregular
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*benā	*bnai?	*bnās
vocative	*benā	*bnai?	*bnās
accusative	*benam	*bnai?	*bnās
genitive	*bnās	*bnous	bnaom?, bnanom, *banom
dative	*bnai	*bnābom	*bnābos
instrumental	*?	*bnābim	*bnābis

Descendants

Brythonic: *ben
- 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
Old Irish: ben
- Scottish Gaelic: bean
- Irish: bean
- Manx: ben
Gaulish: bena, bnanom (genitive plural)

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