Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wlanā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Noun

*wlanā f

wool

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wlanā	*wlanai	*wlanās
vocative	*wlanā	*wlanai	*wlanās
accusative	*wlanam	*wlanai	*wlanāms
genitive	*wlanās	*wlanous	*wlanom
dative	*wlanāi	*wlanābom	*wlanābos
locative	*wlanai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*wlanābim	*wlanābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwlan
- Middle Breton: glan, gloan
  - Breton: gloan
- Old Cornish: gluan
  - Middle Cornish: glan, glawn
    - Cornish: gwlan
- Old Welsh: gulan
  - Middle Welsh: gwlan
    - Welsh: gwlân
Old Irish: olann (from sandhi variant *ulanā)
- Irish: olann
- Scottish Gaelic: olann
- Manx: ollan
Gaulish: *wlanā
- → Old French: flaine, floene
- → Old French: flanelle (diminutive)
  - Norman: flianné
  - → Middle English: flaunneol
    - English: flannel
      - → French: flanelle (reborrowing)
        → Catalan: franel·la
        
        → German: Flanell
        
        → Italian: flanella
        
        → Portuguese: flanela
        
        → Spanish: franela
        
        → Swedish: flanell
- → Middle English: flanyn

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