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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh Run, from Proto-Brythonic *rrʉn, Proto-Celtic *roinos (“route, road, landmark”) (compare Old Breton runt (“mound”), Old Irish roen (“road, path, plain”)).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhun m
- a male given name
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN