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

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*banatlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53/54

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*banatlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53/54

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