gwaun

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwawn, from Old Welsh guoun, from Proto-Celtic *wāgno- (“slope, depression, hollow”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wāg- (“to be bent”), which could be related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gwaun f (plural gweunydd)

  1. moor, heath
    Synonyms: grugos, rhos

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwaun waun ngwaun unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “wagno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 401-02
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