ymenyn
Welsh
Alternative forms
- menyn
Etymology
From Middle Welsh ymenyn, from Proto-Celtic *amben (compare Cornish aman, Breton amann, Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Alemannic German Anke).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmɛnɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmeːnɪn/, /əˈmɛnɪn/
Noun
ymenyn m (uncountable)
- butter
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ymenyn | unchanged | unchanged | hymenyn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*amben-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 69