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mynd.

to go

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/mɨ̞nd/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/mɨ̞n/North-Wales, colloquial/mɪnd/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/mɪn/South-Wales, colloquial

  1. to go

    Mae hi'n mynd i Gaerdydd heno.
    Aeth hi ddoe.

  2. to become

    Aeth hi wallgof.
    Mae Sioned yn mynd yn grac.
Where this word comes from

Suppletive verb: * Verbal noun from Middle Welsh mynet, from Proto-Brythonic *moned (compare Cornish mones, Breton mont, Gaulish moni (“come!”)), verbal noun of Proto-Celtic *monītor (compare Middle Irish muinithir (“goes around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (compare Umbrian menes (“will come”), Lithuanian mi̇̀nti (“to trample, scutch”)). * Indicative forms from Proto-Celtic *ageti (“to drive”) (compare Old Irish aigid), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (compare Latin agō). * The forms in el- are from Proto-Celtic *ɸalnati (“to approach, drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (compare Latin pellō (“strike, drive”), Epic Greek πίλναμαι (pílnamai, “approach”). * The origins of imperative forms dos and cer remain unexplained.

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