asgwrn

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ascurn, ascwrn, from Proto-Celtic *astV-kornV- (compare Cornish/Breton askorn), compound of *ast- (“bone”) (more at ais) and *kornu (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nom (compare Latin cornū, English horn), from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈasɡʊrn/, [ˈaskʊrn]
  • Rhymes: -asɡʊrn

Noun

asgwrn m (plural esgyrn)

  1. bone

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

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 53–55

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “asgwrn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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