From Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”) (compare Scottish Gaelic and Irish cuileann), from Proto-Celtic *kolinnos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱol- (“thorn, thorny plant”) (compare English holly), from *ḱel- (“to cut”).
cullyn m (genitive singular , plural )
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cullyn | chullyn | gullyn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |