mynyd

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð (compare Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmənɨð/

Noun

mynyð m (plural mynyðeð)

1. mountain

Descendants

• Welsh: mynydd

Mutation

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical	Soft	Nasal	Aspirate
mynyð	uynyð / vynyð	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Simon Evans (1964) A Grammar of Middle Welsh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 1