cannwyll

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh canhwyll, from Old Welsh cannuill, from Proto-Brythonic *kantuɨll, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cantēlla, from Latin candēla. Compare Cornish kantol.

Pronunciation

Noun

cannwyll f (plural canhwyllau)

  1. candle (light source)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cannwyll gannwyll nghannwyll channwyll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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