Enid

See also: enid

English

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”), from Proto-Celtic *anatyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”) attested on the Larzac tablet; see also the modern Welsh anadl (“breath, wind”), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā (“breath, breathing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːnɪd/

Proper noun

Enid

1. A female given name from Welsh of obscure meaning.
2. An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
3. A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; see Wikipedia:Enid, Oklahoma

Anagrams

• Iden, dein, Dine, Edin, Diné, 'dine, iDEN, nide, dine, Nied, IndE, deni, Nide

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɪd

Proper noun

Enid f

1. (mythology) Enid, the long-suffering wife of Geraint in Arthurian romance.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Enid	unchanged	unchanged	Henid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.