Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bandā

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

Noun

*bandā f

1. top, peak
2. horn

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bandā	*bandai	*bandās
vocative	*bandā	*bandai	*bandās
accusative	*bandam	*bandai	*bandāms
genitive	*bandās	*bandous	*bandom
dative	*bandāi	*bandābom	*bandābos
locative	*bandai	*?	*?
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: beán