Gwen

See also: gwen and gwên

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Gwen

1. A female given name from Welsh, shortened from Gwendolen or Guinevere.

   Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl was a hit in 2004.

Anagrams

• gnew

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Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Gwen

1. a female given name

Inflection

  Mutation of Gwen  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	Gwen	Wen	unchanged	Kwen
plural	Gw{{{3}}}	W{{{3}}}	unchanged	Kw{{{3}}}

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Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Gwen f

1. a female given name

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Welsh

Etymology

From *windā 'white', feminine form of Proto-Celtic *windos. Cf. Welsh gwyn.

Proper noun

Gwen f

1. a female given name, the feminine form of Gwyn.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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