pryan
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Cornish pri (“clay”), possibly + -an (adjective-forming suffix) with later nominalization. Not, however, derived from Cornish prien (“clay ground”), which is itself a borrowing of pryan from English.[1]
Noun
pryan (uncountable)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Cornish: prien
References
- ^ “pryan, noun.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
