Enid

See also: enid

English

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”), from Proto-Celtic *anatyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”) attested on the Larzac tablet; see also the modern Welsh anadl (“breath, wind”), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā (“breath, breathing”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiːnɪd/

Proper noun

Enid

  1. A female given name from Welsh of obscure meaning.
  2. An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; see Wikipedia:Enid, Oklahoma

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Enid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛnɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɪd

Proper noun

Enid f

  1. (mythology) Enid, the long-suffering wife of Geraint in Arthurian romance.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Enid unchanged unchanged Henid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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