< Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic
Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ben
Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *benā.
Noun
*ben f
- woman
Descendants
- Old Breton: ban- (in ban-leu, ban-doiuis)
- Middle Breton: e-ben
- Breton: e-ben
- Middle Breton: e-ben
- Old Cornish: benen
- Cornish: ben, benyn
- Old Welsh: ben
- Welsh: benyw, menyw