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cwm.

valley, dale, glen

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/kʊm/

  1. valley, dale, glen

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh cwm, from Proto-Brythonic *komm, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā. See also Breton komm (“trough”), Irish com, coim (“chest cavity”), French combe, English coomb and Old English cumb (“hollow; narrow valley”), Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kumpf (“vessel”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”).

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