Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/banwos

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

Lacking clear cognates in other Indo-European languages, probably from a non-Indo-European substrate.

Noun

*banwos m

1. piglet, young pig

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*banwos	*banwou	*banwoi
vocative	*banwe	*banwou	*banwoi
accusative	*banwom	*banwou	*banwoms
genitive	*banwī	*banwous	*banwom
dative	*banwūi	*banwobom	*banwobos
locative	*banwei	*?	*?
instrumental	*banwū	*banwobim	*banwūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *banw
  • Old Breton: ban
    • Breton: banò, banw
  • Old Cornish: baneu
  • Middle Welsh: banw, beinw
    • Welsh: banw
• Old Irish: banb
  • Irish: banbh
  • Manx: bannoo
• Gaulish: Banuo, Banuus (found in placenames)