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Cornish
Etymology
From Middle Cornish glan, glawn, from Old Cornish gluan, from Proto-Brythonic *gwlan, from Proto-Celtic *wlanā. Cognate with Breton gloan, Gaulish *wlanā (whence English flannel via Old French), Irish and Scottish Gaelic olann, Manx ollan, and Welsh gwlân.
Noun
gwlan
- (collective) wool
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.