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

Etymology

From *bano- (female) +‎ *wedeti (to lead) +‎ *-tā (verbal noun suffix).[1] The last two parts of this construction are frequently confused with *westā (staying the night, feast).

Noun

*banowessā f[2]

  1. wedding

Declension

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

  • Proto-Brythonic: *banwess
  • Old Irish: banais

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović, Zagreb, page 3
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN