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
4. pale

Derived terms

• arth gwynn (“polar bear”)
• bord gwynn (“whiteboard”)
• derow gwynn (“white oaks”)
• flogh gwynn (“grandchild”)
• gwin gwynn (“white wine”)
• gwynn oy (“egg white, albumen”)
• gwynnow (“white”, noun)
• gwynnrudh (“pink”)
• gwynnvys (“lucky, fortunate, blessed”)
• helyk gwynn (“white willows”)
• hern gwynn (“herrings”)
• kerens wynn (“grandparents”)
• konna gwynn (“weasel”)
• mab wynn (“grandson”)
• mamm wynn (“grandmother”)
• myrgh wynn (“granddaughter”)
• ors gwynn (“polar bear”)
• penn gwynn (“penguin”)
• pinbren gwynn (“white pine”)
• pla gwynn (“tuberculosis”)
• tas gwynn (“grandfather”)

Mutation

Mutation of gwynn

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, melynrudh; gell, gorm	melyn; losvelyn
	gwyrdh, gwer, glas
glaswyrdh, glaswer; gwerlas	glaswyn, blou	glas
glasrudh, purpur; indigo	majenta; purpur, glasrudh	gwynnrudh, kigliw