ewyn

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn; compare Welsh ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Breton ewon. Furthermore from Proto-Celtic *ɸowino- (or possibly *ɸousino- < from PIE *pew(H)- ); compare Middle Irish úan (“foam”), and Modern Irish uan (variants obhan, odhan and othan which all reflect the early Old Irish pronunciation of uan as a disyllabic word before loss of hiatus original caused by loss of *w).

Noun

ewyn f (singulative ewynen)

1. foam

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn (compare Cornish ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Modern Breton ewon), from Proto-Celtic *ɸowino-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛu̯.ɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛu̯.ɪn/
• Homophone: ewin (South Wales)

Noun

ewyn m (plural ewynnau or ewynion)

1. foam, spume, froth
2. suds, lather, scum

Derived terms

• ewynnu, bwrw ewyn (“to foam, to froth”)
• malu ewyn, maeddu ewyn (“to froth at the mouth”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ewyn

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ewyn	unchanged	unchanged	hewyn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.