Cwlen

Welsh

Alternative forms

• Cwlên

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English Coloyne or Early Modern English Cullen, from Old French Cologne, Coloigne, from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna). Compare Middle Welsh Cwlwyn, from an earlier Middle English form.

Proper noun

Cwlen f

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

Derived terms

• Cwleneg
• het Gwlen

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Cwlen	Gwlen	Nghwlen	Chwlen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.