ewyn

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn; compare Welsh ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Breton ewon. Furthermore from Proto-Celtic *ɸowino- (or possibly *ɸousino- from Proto-Indo-European *pew(H)-);[1] compare Old Irish úan (“foam”), and Modern Irish uan.

Noun

ewyn f (singulative ewynen)

  1. foam

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 138

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn (compare Cornish ewon, Middle Breton eon, and Modern Breton ewon), from Proto-Celtic *ɸowinos (compare Old Irish úan (“foam”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pow-ino-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ewyn m (plural ewynnau or ewynion)

  1. foam, spume, froth
  2. suds, lather, scum

Derived terms

  • ewynnu, bwrw ewyn (“to foam, to froth”)
  • malu ewyn, maeddu ewyn (“to froth at the mouth”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ewyn
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ewyn unchanged unchanged hewyn

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

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