Rhun
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh Run, from Proto-Brythonic *rrʉn, Proto-Celtic *roinos (“route, road, landmark”) (compare Old Breton runt (“mound”), Old Irish roen (“road, path, plain”)).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɨːn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈr̥iːn/
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Rhun m
- a male given name
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| Rhun | Run | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN