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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 *h₃engʷen- (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)), from *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

Noun

*amban n[1]

  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 *ambenē *ambembom *ambembos
locative *amben(i) *? *?
instrumental *ambenē *ambembim *ambembis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Old Breton:
      • Middle Breton: amanen
      • Old Cornish: amanen
        • Middle Cornish:
          • Cornish: manyn
      • Old Welsh:
  • Old Irish: imb

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*amben-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
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