haearn

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Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hiyarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‘blood' > 'red’.

Noun

haearn

  1. iron

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh haearn, from Proto-Brythonic *hiyarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Cornish horn, Breton houarn, Irish iarann), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‘blood' > 'red’.

Noun

haearn m (plural heyrn, not mutable)

  1. iron

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
haearn unchanged unchanged unchanged