cwm
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Welsh cwm (“valley”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cwm (plural cwms)
- A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
valley head created through glacial erosion
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “cwm” (US) / “cwm” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.. Accessed 7 September 2013.
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *kumbā (compare Breton komm (“trough”), Irish com, coim (“chest cavity”), French combe), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ- (compare Latin incumbere (“to lie down”), English coomb and Old English cumb (“hollow; narrow valley”), Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”)).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cwm m (plural cymau or cymoedd)
DescendantsEdit
- English: cwm
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cwm | gwm | nghwm | chwm |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |