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Where does “maen” come from?

maen (Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic maginos — stone; place.

maen (Welsh): stone; griddle stone; third-person plural present...

Definitions

  1. stone; griddle stone; third-person plural present...

Ancestry of “maen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicmaɣɨnstone
2Proto-Celticmaginosstone; place

Words derived from “maen”

  • Sylfaen
  • sylfaen
  • sylfaenol
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