Cymru

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Cymru.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.ɹi/

Proper noun

Cymru

  1. (rare) Wales

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kom- (associative prefix) + *mrogis (“region, country”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkəmrɨ̞/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkəmri/
  • audio(file)
  • Homophone: Cymry

Proper noun

Cymru f

  1. Wales

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
Cymru Gymru Nghymru Chymru
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
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