dowr

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *duβr, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doʊɹ]

Noun

dowr m (plural dowrow)

1. water
2. urine
3. river, lake

Mutation

  Mutation of dowr  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
dowr	dhowr	unchanged	towr	towr	towr

References

• William Pryce, Archaeologia Cornu-Britannica Or An Essay to Preserve the Ancient Cornish Language (1790)
• Edwin Norris, Resurrexio Domini nostri. Notes. Sketch of Cornish (1859)
• Brian Murdoch, Cornish Literature (1993)