cinio

See also: činio

Welsh

From Middle Welsh kinyaw, from Proto-Brythonic *kinjọ, cognate with or from Latin cēna (“dinner”).^[1] Compare Cornish kinnyow. All probably from Proto-Indo-European *kért-sneh₂ (“portion”), from *(s)kert- (“to cut”), from *(s)ker- (compare Lithuanian kérti, Armenian քերթել (kʻertʻel, “to skin”), Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to cut (in pieces)”).^[2]

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪnjɔ/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪnjɔ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪnɔ/

cinio m (plural ciniawau)

As in Welsh English, the word cinio (“dinner”) usually applies to the midday meal, but can sometimes refer to an evening meal.

Mutated forms of *cinio*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cinio	ginio	nghinio	chinio

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

^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 75 iii (1)
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106