banais

Gaelic (Scots)

noun

Definitions

wedding

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish banais (wedding, marriage-feast) inherited from Proto-Celtic *banowessā.

Origin

Proto-Celtic

*banowessā

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bean Irish
banais Old Irish
banais, bainis Old Irish
banscál Old Irish
ben Old Irish
ben síde Old Irish
bean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
bannish Manx
ben Manx
*banowessā Proto-Celtic
*benā Proto-Celtic
banamail Middle Irish

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