asgwrn

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ascurn, ascwrn, from Proto-Celtic *astV-kornu (compare Cornish/Breton askorn), compound of *ast (“rib”) (more at ais) and *kornu (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nom (compare Latin cornū, English horn), from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasɡʊrn/, [ˈaskʊrn]
• Rhymes: -asɡʊrn

Noun

asgwrn m (plural esgyrn)

1. bone

Derived terms

• cwlwm yr asgwrn (“dog's mercury”)
• echasgwrn (“bone spur, exostosis”)
• esgyrndy (“ossuary”)
• esgyrnog (“bony”)
• esgyrnu (“to ossify”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of asgwrn

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
asgwrn	unchanged	unchanged	hasgwrn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “asgwrn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies