Where does “cyn” come from?
cyn (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh kyn, from Proto-Brythonic *kün, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
cyn (Welsh): before
Ancestry of “cyn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Welsh | kyn | — |
| 2 | Proto-Brythonic | *kün | — |
| 3 | Latin | cuneus | wedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ḱū | sting |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |