Cymru

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Welsh Cymru.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cymru

  1. (rare) Wales

Welsh[edit]

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology[edit]

Equivalent to cyn- (with, together) +‎ bro (country). Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kom- (associative prefix) + *mrogis (region, country).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cymru f

  1. Wales

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Cymru Gymru Nghymru Chymru
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280