echwyn

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *exs-skʷend-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *skend, *skʷend- (“jump, climb”). Compare cychwyn.

Pronunciation

Noun

echwyn m (plural echwynion)

  1. loan

Adjective

echwyn (feminine singular echwyn, plural echwyn, not comparable)

  1. borrowed, loaned
  2. mutual, reciprocal

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

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