asgwrn
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh ascurn, ascwrn, from Proto-Celtic *astV-kornV- (compare Cornish/Breton askorn), compound of *ast- (“bone”) (more at ais) and *kornu (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nom (compare Latin cornū, English horn), from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asgwrn m (plural esgyrn)
Derived terms
[edit]- echasgwrn (“bone spur, exostosis”)
- esgyrndy (“ossuary”)
- esgyrnog (“bony”, adjective)
- esgyrnu (“ossify”, verb)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
asgwrn | unchanged | unchanged | hasgwrn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
Categories:
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerh₂-
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/asɡʊrn
- Rhymes:Welsh/asɡʊrn/2 syllables
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- cy:Bones