Cernyw

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh Kernyw, from Proto-Brythonic *Körnɨw (compare Cornish Kernow, Breton Kernev). Probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head; horn”) and thus cognate with Welsh carn (“hoof”) and English horn.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cernyw f

  1. Cornwall (an historic and ceremonial county of England)

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Cernyw Gernyw Nghernyw Chernyw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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