kynn in Middle Welsh

IPA: /kɨn/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kynn [error-unrecognized-form], gynn [soft], kynn / chynn [error-unrecognized-form], chynn [error-unrecognized-form], kyn [alternative], kynn no [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Reduced form of kynt (“swifter, sooner, before”), from Proto-Brythonic *kɨnt (“earlier, sooner”), from Proto-Celtic *kentus. Etymology templates: {{der|wlm|cel-bry-pro|*kɨnt||earlier, sooner}} Proto-Brythonic *kɨnt (“earlier, sooner”), {{der|wlm|cel-pro|*kentus}} Proto-Celtic *kentus

Alternative forms

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"kynn" meaning in Middle Welsh

Preposition

Alternative forms