ewyn

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn (compare Cornish ewon, Breton eon), from Proto-Celtic *ɸowinos (compare Old Irish úan (“foam”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pow-ino-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ewyn m (plural ewynnau or ewynion)

  1. foam, spume, froth
    Synonym: trochion
  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.

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