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Middle Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish núna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death, to die”).
Pronunciation
Noun
newyn m
- hunger
References
- Simon Evans (1964) A Grammar of Middle Welsh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 1
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh newyn, from Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish núna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death”).
Pronunciation
Noun
newyn m (plural newynau, not mutable)
- (uncountable) hunger, starvation
- (countable) famine
Derived terms
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “newyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies