Cernyw

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh Kernyw, from Proto-Brythonic *Körnɨw (compare Cornish Kernow, Breton Kernev). Probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head; horn”) and thus cognate with Welsh carn (“hoof”) and English horn.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrnɨ̞u̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrnɪu̯/

Proper noun

Cernyw f

1. Cornwall (an historic and ceremonial county of England)

Derived terms

• Cernyweg (“Cornish”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Cernyw	Gernyw	Nghernyw	Chernyw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.