Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ben

This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *benā.

Noun

*ben f

1. 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