kevnis

Cornish

Alternative forms

• kenis (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Breton kevnid.

Noun

kevnis (collective, singulative kevnisen f)

1. spiders

Derived terms

• gwias kevnis (“spider web”)
• own kevnis (“arachnophobia”)

Mutation

Mutation of kevnis

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kevnis	gevnis	hevnis	unchanged	unchanged

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