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Where does “*bano-” come from?

*bano- (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- — woman.

Ancestry of “*bano-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman
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