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Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn; compare Welsh ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Breton ewon. Furthermore from Proto-Celtic *ɸowino- (or possibly *ɸousino- < from PIE *pew(H)- );[1] compare Middle Irish úan (“foam”), and Modern Irish uan (variants obhan, odhan and othan[2] which all reflect the early Old Irish pronunciation of uan as a disyllabic word before loss of hiatus original caused by loss of *w).
Noun
ewyn f (singulative ewynen)
- foam
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 138
- ^ Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla (Irish-English Dictionary), Pádraig S. Dineen, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1996 (first published 1927), p.1286
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn (compare Cornish ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Modern Breton ewon), from Proto-Celtic *ɸowino-.
Pronunciation
Noun
ewyn m (plural ewynnau or ewynion)
- foam, spume, froth
- suds, lather, scum
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
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