Etymology Explorer
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Where does “llynn” come from?
llynn (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic lindom — liquid; lake.
Ancestry of “llynn”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Brythonic
llɨnn
pool
2
Proto-Celtic
lindom
liquid; lake
Words derived from “llynn”
metheglin
llyn
meddyglyn
sefydlyn
Dulyn
llyslyn
arweddlyn
gwaedlyn
gwirodlyn
llynwlydd
merllyn
morlyn
ystumllyn
Llyn Gwynant
Dulyniad
poethlyslyn
Every word from Proto-Celtic lindom →
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