Where does “ban-” come from?
ban- (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *bano-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- — woman.
Ancestry of “ban-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Celtic | *bano- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |