cinio

See also: činio

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kinyaw, from Proto-Brythonic *kinjọ, cognate with or from Latin cēna (“dinner”).[1] Compare Cornish kinnyow. All probably from Proto-Indo-European *kért-sneh₂ (“portion”), from *(s)kert- (“to cut”), from *(s)ker- (compare Lithuanian kérti, Armenian քերթել (kʻertʻel, “to skin”), Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to cut (in pieces)”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

cinio m (plural ciniawau)

  1. lunch, dinner (midday meal)
  2. (occasionally) dinner (evening meal)
    Synonyms: swper, te, hwyrbryd, cwynos

Usage notes

  • As in Welsh English, the word cinio (“dinner”) usually applies to the midday meal, but can sometimes refer to an evening meal.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinio
radical soft nasal aspirate
cinio ginio nghinio chinio

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

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 75 iii (1)
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106

Further reading

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