"Cymbeline" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Welsh Cynfelyn. from Proto-Brythonic *Kunobelinos (“Cunobeline”), meaning something like "strong as a dog," composed of: * *kuno- (“dog”), oblique/plural stem of *ki, * and *belino- (“strong”); cf. Breton Konvelen, from Proto-Celtic *belo- (“powerful, strong”), connected by Delamarre to Gaulish names like Belisama and Belenus, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell, be strong”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cy|Cynfelyn}} Welsh Cynfelyn, {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*Kunobelinos|t=Cunobeline}} Proto-Brythonic *Kunobelinos (“Cunobeline”), {{cog|br|Konvelen}} Breton Konvelen, {{der|en|cel-pro|*belo-|t=powerful, strong}} Proto-Celtic *belo- (“powerful, strong”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-|id=blow|t=to swell, be strong}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell, be strong”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cymbeline
  1. Cunobeline, a king of Britain in the 1st century AD
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