Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bunnos

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

Unknown; possibly borrowed from a lost substrate language.

Noun

*bunnos m

1. bittern

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bunnos	*bunnou	*bunnoi
vocative	*bunne	*bunnou	*bunnoi
accusative	*bunnom	*bunnou	*bunnoms
genitive	*bunnī	*bunnous	*bunnom
dative	*bunnūi	*bunnobom	*bunnobos
locative	*bunnei	*?	*?
instrumental	*bunnū	*bunnobim	*bunnūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *bunn
  • Old Breton: bonn (“crane”)
  • Middle Welsh: bwn, bun
    • Welsh: bwn
• ⇒ Old Irish: bonnán
  • Irish: bonnán