kelyon
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *kulis (compare Welsh cylion, Breton kelien, Irish cuil), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (compare Latin culex (“gnat”), Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”).
Noun edit
kelyon f pl (singulative kelyonen)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Mutation of kelyon
| Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
| kelyon | gelyon | helyon | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |