greun

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *grọn, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Noun

greun f (singulative greunenn)

1. grain

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹøːn/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *grọn, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Breton greun and Welsh grawn.

Noun

greun (collective, singulative greunen f)

1. grain
2. (zoology) hard roe (fish eggs)

Derived terms

• greun goji (“goji berry”)
• greunaval (“pomegranate”)
• greunek, greunvos (“cereal”)
• greunhe, greunya (“form grain”, verb)
• greunji, greunva (“granary, grange”)
• greunvosow (“barley, cereals, corn, wheat”)
• ris greun berr (“short grain rice”)
• ris greun hir (“long grain rice”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *griyano- (exact etymon uncertain). Cognate with Irish grean and Welsh graean.

Noun

greun (collective)

1. gravel

   Synonym: grow

Mutation

Mutation of greun

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
greun	reun	unchanged	kreun	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Low German

Alternative forms

• gröön

Adjective

greun (German Low German)

1. green

Related terms

• greunen (= grönen)

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)