Coloyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Colayne, Coleyn, Coleyne, colyn, Culane

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French Coloigne, Cologne, from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna). For the phonological development, see caroyne (“corpse, carrion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈlui̯n(ə)/
• (with reduction) IPA^(key): /ˈkulæi̯n(ə)/, /ˈkulɛn(ə)/, /ˈkulin(ə)/

Proper noun

Coloyne

1. Cologne (a city in northwestern Germany)

Descendants

• English: Cologne (pronunciation remodelled after modern French)
  • →? Welsh: Cwlen
• → Middle Welsh: Cwlwyn

References

• “Coloine, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.