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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
gʷḗn
woman
2
Proto-Indo-European
gʷen-
woman
Words derived from “*bano-”
ban-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- →
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn →