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benyw

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Welsh

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Etymology

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Nominalized adjective, perhaps from Proto-Brythonic *banuyos,[1]masculine derived from Proto-Celtic *ban-, whence Welsh banon (“maiden queen”), Old Breton ban-doiuis (“goddess”), Old Irish ban-chú (“female dog”);[2] akin to Cornish benow (“feminine, female”).[3] Further related to Old Welsh ben (“woman”), from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Doublet of banw.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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benyw f (plural benywod)

  1. (South Wales) woman
    Synonyms: dynes, menyw, merch
  2. female
    Synonym: menyw

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of benyw
radical soft nasal aspirate
benyw fenyw menyw unchanged

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

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 298
  2. ^ Ranko Matasović, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 61.
  3. ^ Dagmar S. Wodtko, Britta Irslinger & Carolin Schneider, eds., Nomina im Indogermanischen Lexikon (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2008), 178, 180n7.
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