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gwanwyn.

spring, springtime

7 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡwanwɨ̞n/North-Wales/ˈɡwanwɪn/South-Wales
  1. spring, springtime

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh gwaeanhwyn, from Old Welsh guiannuin, from Proto-Brythonic *gwehantuɨn (compare Cornish gwenton), enlargement of Proto-Celtic *wesantos, oblique case of *wesr- (compare Irish earrach), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (compare Latin vēr, Polish wiosna, Lithuanian vãsara (“summer”), Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá, “spring”), वसर् (vasar, “in the morning”, adverb)).

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