Cymru
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.ɹi/
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kom- (associative prefix) + *mrogis (“region, country”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkəmrɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkəmri/
audio (file) - Homophone: Cymry
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Cymru | Gymru | Nghymru | Chymru |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
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