Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bonus

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

Noun

*bonus m [1]

foundation, base, butt

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bonus	*bonū	*bonowes
vocative	*bonu	*bonū	*bonūs
accusative	*bonum	*bonū	*bonūs
genitive	*bonous	*bonous	*bonowom
dative	*bonou	*bonubom	*bonubos
instrumental	*bonū	*bonubim	*bonubis

Descendants

Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: bon
  - Welsh: bôn
Gaulish: *bona
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Windobona (“Vindobona”)
Goidelic:[2]
- Old Irish: bun
  - Irish: bun
  - Manx: bun
  - Scottish Gaelic: bun

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bonu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “bun”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bonu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 71

[DIL-2] C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “bun”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN