keuen
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Noun[edit]
keuen
Middle Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *kebno- (“back”), from Pre-Celtic *kebn-, which could be related to *kambos (“crooked, bent”).[1] Related to Breton kein (“back”), Cornish keyn (“back”), Gaulish Cebenna (“ridge, height”) (whence French Cévennes).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
keuen m (plural kefneu)
Descendants[edit]
- Welsh: cefn
Mutation[edit]
| Middle Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Soft | Nasal | Aspirate |
| keuen | geuen | keuen / cheuen pronounced with /ŋ̊-/ |
cheuen |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ The Journal of Celtic Studies. (1958). United States: Temple University at the Waverly Press, p. 3