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
RadicalSoftNasalAspirate
mynyðuynyð / vynyðunchangedunchanged
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
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