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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.
Noun
*wlanā f
- wool
Declension
Feminine ā-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*wlanā
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*wlanai
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*wlanās
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| vocative
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*wlanā
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*wlanai
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*wlanās
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| accusative
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*wlanam
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*wlanai
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*wlanāns
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| genitive
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*wlanās
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*wlanous
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*wlanom
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| dative
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*wlanāi
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*wlanābom
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*wlanābos
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| locative
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*wlanai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*wlanābim
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*wlanābis
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Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *gwlan
- Old Irish: olann (from sandhi variant *ulanā)
- Gaulish: *wlanā
- → Old French: flaine, floene
- → Old French: flanelle (diminutive)
- Norman: flianné
- → Middle English: flaunneol
- → Middle English: flanyn