Welsh edit

Etymology edit

Proto-Celtic *exs-skʷend-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *skend, *skʷend- (jump, climb). Compare cychwyn.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

echwyn m (plural echwynion)

  1. loan

Adjective edit

echwyn (feminine singular echwyn, plural echwyn, not comparable)

  1. borrowed, loaned
  2. mutual, reciprocal

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
echwyn unchanged unchanged hechwyn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “echwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies