asgwrn

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ascurn, ascwrn, from Proto-Brythonic *askurn, from Proto-Celtic *astV-kornu (compare Cornish/Breton askorn), compound of *ast (“rib”) (more at ais) and *kornu (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nom (compare Latin cornū, English horn), from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈasɡʊrn/, [ˈaskʊrn]
  • Rhymes: -asɡʊrn

Noun

asgwrn m (plural esgyrn)

  1. bone

Derived terms

  • cwlwm yr asgwrn (“dog's mercury”)
  • echasgwrn (“bone spur, exostosis”)
  • esgyrndy (“ossuary”)
  • esgyrnog (“bony”)
  • esgyrnu (“to ossify”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of asgwrn
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
asgwrn unchanged unchanged hasgwrn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 53–55

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “asgwrn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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