Gwen
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Proper noun
Gwen
- A female given name from Welsh, shortened from Gwendolen or Guinevere.
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Anagrams
Breton
Etymology
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Proper noun
Gwen
- a female given name
Inflection
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Mutation of Gwen
Cornish
Etymology
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Proper noun
Gwen f
- a female given name
Mutation
Welsh
Etymology
From *windā 'white', feminine form of Proto-Celtic *windos. Cf. Welsh gwyn.
Proper noun
Gwen f
- a female given name, the feminine form of Gwyn.
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Gwen | Wen | Ngwen | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Categories:
- Rhymes:English/ɛn
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Welsh
- Breton lemmas
- Breton proper nouns
- Breton given names
- Breton female given names
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish proper nouns
- Cornish feminine nouns
- Cornish given names
- Cornish female given names
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- Welsh given names
- Welsh female given names