Din Eidyn

Old Welsh

Alternative forms

• Din Eiddyn

Etymology

From din (“hillfort”), from Proto-Brythonic *din, + Eidyn, Eiddyn, of unknown origin.

Proper noun

Din Eidyn

1. Edinburgh

Related terms

• *Caer Eidyn
• Minit Eidyn

 

Descendants

• → Breton: Dinedin
• → Old English: *Edyn burg (calque)
  • Middle English: Edynburgh, Edynburghe (see there for further descendants)
• → Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann, Dùn Éideann (superseded) (calque)
  • → English: Dunedin
  • → Irish: Dún Éideann
  • → Manx: Doon Edin