kelyon

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kulis (compare Welsh cylion, Breton kelien, Irish cuil), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (compare Latin culex (“gnat”), Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”).

Noun

kelyon f pl (singulative kelyonen)

1. flies

Derived terms

• kelyon garan
• kelyon kig
• kelyon margh

Mutation

  Mutation of kelyon  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kelyon	gelyon	helyon	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged