Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/amban

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 *h₃éngʷn̥ (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)), from *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

Noun

*amban n

1. butter

Declension

Neuter n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*amban	*ambane?	*ambana
vocative	*amban	*ambane?	*ambana
accusative	*amban	*ambane?	*ambana
genitive	*ambens	*ambenous?	*ambenom
dative	*ambenei	*ambembom	*ambembos
locative	*amben(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*ambenei	*ambembim	*ambembis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Breton:
    • Middle Breton: amanen
      • Breton: amanenn, amann
    • Old Cornish: amanen
      • Middle Cornish:
        • Cornish: amanyn
    • Old Welsh:
      • Middle Welsh: ymenyn
        • Welsh: ymenyn
• Old Irish: imb
  • Irish: im
  • Manx: eeym
  • Scottish Gaelic: ìm