Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bandyo-

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

Unknown.

Noun

*bandyo- gender unattested

1. drop of liquid

Reconstruction notes

• Whether this word is neuter or masculine cannot be determined, since Brittonic lost the neuter and the early Irish attestations happen to give no hints (the gender is not specified in DIL).

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *bann, *bannọg
  • Breton: banne, bannac'h, bannec'h
  • Old Cornish: banne
    • Cornish: badna (“not at all”)
  • Middle Welsh: banneu pl (a hapax)
• Old Irish: bannae
  • Middle Irish: bainne
    • Irish: bainne
    • Manx: bainney
    • Scottish Gaelic: bainne