Rhun
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh Run, from Proto-Brythonic *rrʉn, Proto-Celtic *roinos (“route, road, landmark”) (compare Old Breton runt (“mound”), Old Irish roen (“road, path, plain”)).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɨːn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈr̥iːn/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Rhun m
- a male given name
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| Rhun | Run | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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