mynyd

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Middle Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð (compare Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to tower, stand out) (compare Latin mōns).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mynyð m (plural mynyðeð)

  1. mountain

Descendants[edit]

  • Welsh: mynydd

Mutation[edit]

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical Soft Nasal Aspirate
mynyð uynyð / vynyð unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • Simon Evans (1964) A Grammar of Middle Welsh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 1