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Middle Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð (compare Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).
Pronunciation
Noun
mynyð m (plural mynyðeð)
- mountain
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Welsh mutation
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| Radical |
Soft |
Nasal |
Aspirate
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| mynyð |
uynyð / vynyð |
unchanged |
unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Simon Evans (1964) A Grammar of Middle Welsh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 1