Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bandis

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 *bend- (point, pin). Cognate with Old English pintel (penis). The initial "b" may point to a European substrate language.[1]

Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰend- (to be happy, glad), whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰadrás and Sanskrit भ॒न्दन॑ (bhandána, jubilant).[2]

Adjective

*bandis[1][3]

  1. melodious, harmonious

Inflection

I-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *bandis *bandī *bandīs
vocative *bandi *bandī *bandīs
accusative *bandim *bandī *bandins
genitive *bandeis *bandyou *bandyom
dative *bandei *bandibom *bandibos
instrumental *bandī *bandibim *bandibis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *bandis *bandī *bandīs
vocative *bandi *bandī *bandīs
accusative *bandim *bandī *bandins
genitive *bandeis *bandyou *bandyom
dative *bandei *bandibom *bandibos
instrumental *bandī *bandibim *bandibis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *bandi *bandī *bandyā
vocative *bandi *bandī *bandyā
accusative *bandi *bandī *bandyā
genitive *bandois *bandois *bandyom
dative *bandē *bandibom *bandibos
instrumental *bandī *bandibim *bandibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bann
  • Old Irish: bind

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bandi, bando-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
  2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 214, page 130; reprinted 2017
  3. ^ Koch, John (2004), “*bandi-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 217