dowan

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish domun, from Proto-Celtic *dubnos (“the deep; the world”) (compare Welsh dwfn (“deep, depth; the world”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnós (“deep”).

Noun

dowan m

1. world, earth
2. universe

Derived terms

• dowan-lheead
• dowan-liurid