Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/banowessā
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *bano- (“female”) + *wed- (“to lead”) + *-tā (verbal noun suffix).[1] The last two parts of this construction are frequently confused with *westā (“staying the night, feast”).
Noun[edit]
*banowessā f[2]
Declension[edit]
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *banowessā | *banowessai | *banowessās |
| vocative | *banowessā | *banowessai | *banowessās |
| accusative | *banowessam | *banowessai | *banowessāms |
| genitive | *banowessās | *banowessous | *banowessom |
| dative | *banowessāi | *banowessābom | *banowessābos |
| locative | *banowessai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *banowessābim | *banowessābis |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović[1], Zagreb, page 3
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN