Words for peaks and tops and related words in Celtic languages.
| Proto-Celtic | *bandā = top, peak; horn *benno- = peak, top |
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| Gaulish | benn/*bannā = peak |
| Old Irish (Goídelc) | benn [bʲen͈] = mountain, crag, peak, point, crest, summit, pinnacle, spire; gable, corner, horn (of animal), drinking horn, prong, crest bennán = horned animal, cow, calf; horned or peaked object |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | beann = horn, antler; drinking horn; prong (of fork) beannach = horned, antlered, pronged, peaked, gabled, angular beannógach = peaked,angular binn = peak; gable; cliff; corner, edge, margin; lap; side, portion |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | beann [bjaun̪ˠ] = horn, peak, top, corner, skirt beinn [bein̪ʲ] = mountain, mount, high hill beinn-theine = volcano eigh-bheinn = iceberg |
| Manx (Gaelg) | beinn = mountain, ben, summit, pinnacle, apex, tine of deer beinn rioee = iceberg |
| Proto-Brythonic | *bann = top, peak |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | bann = peak |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | ban [ban] = top, tip, peak, summit, crest, peak, beacon, height, pinnacle, turret, hill, mountain, bare hill; chief; drinking horn, horn (of animal); arm, branch, beam, point (of cross) bannau’r byd = corners, quarters or regions of the world, the ends of the earth ban caer, ban y gaer = rampart of a fort; top or height of a fortess ban lleuad = quarters of the moon, new moon |
| Cornish (Kernewek) | ban = prominence |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) | bann = rising, uphill, upright, post, column |
Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European *bn̥dʰéh₂ from *bendʰ- (pin, point). The Scots word ben (mountain, hill) comes from the Scottish Gaelic beinn. From Gaulish we get the Catalan words banya (horn) and banyut (horned, unfaithful), and the Occitan bana (horn), and the English word pin comes from the same PIE root [source].
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, Online Manx Dictionary, Teanglann.ie, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionaire Favereau, TermOfis