bôn
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh bon, from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Old Irish bun (“base, bottom”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bôn m (plural bonion or bonau)
- base, bottom
- trunk, stem
- (linguistics) stem
- (mathematics) base
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bôn | fôn | môn | 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, page 71