Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/banatlom

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenH-tlom (“way, path”); or alternatively from *gʷʰen-tlom, from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”), in the sense of “cleared path (in a wood)”; compare Proto-Germanic *banō (“path, cleared way”).

Noun

*banatlom n

1. broom plant, broom

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*banatlom	*banatlou	*banatlā
vocative	*banatlom	*banatlou	*banatlā
accusative	*banatlom	*banatlou	*banatlā
genitive	*banatlī	*banatlous	*banatlom
dative	*banatlūi	*banatlobom	*banatlobos
locative	*banatlei	*?	*?
instrumental	*banatlū	*banatlobim	*banatlūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *banadl
  • Middle Breton: balazn (by metathesis)
    • Breton: balan
  • Cornish: banadhel
  • Welsh: banadl (“broom”)
• Gaulish: *balano-
  • → Catalan: bàlec
  • → Old French: balain
    • French: balai
      • → Esperanto: balai
  • → Galician: balea
  • → Spanish: bálago