gwynn

See also: Gwynn

Cornish

Alternative forms

• gwydn (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

From Old Cornish guyn, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡwɪnː]

Adjective

gwynn

1. white
2. fair
3. blessed

Derived terms

• bord gwynn (“whiteboard”)
• gwynnow (“white”, noun)
• gwynnrudh (“pink”)

 

Mutation

  Mutation of gwynn  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
gwynn	wynn	unchanged	kwynn	hwynn	wynn

See also

Colors in Cornish · liwyow (layout · text)

gwynn	loos, glas	du
rudh; kogh	rudhvelyn; gell, gorm	melyn
	gwyrdh, glas
		glas
glasrudh, purpur	majenta; purpur, glasrudh	gwynnrudh, kigliw