cwm
See also: CWM
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh cwm (“valley”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cwm (plural cwms)
- A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
Synonyms
Translations
valley head created through glacial erosion
References
- ^ “cwm”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.. Accessed 7 September 2013.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kumbā (compare Breton komm (“trough”), Irish com, coim (“chest cavity”), French combe), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ- (compare Latin incumbere (“to lie down”), English coomb and Old English cumb (“hollow; narrow valley”), Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kumpf (“vessel”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
cwm m (plural cymau or cymoedd)
Descendants
- English: cwm
Mutation
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