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pan.

when, while

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

conj/pan/
  1. when, while

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Celtic *kʷani, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷís (interrogative pronoun). Cognate with Cornish pan (“when”, conjunction) Breton pa (“when”, conjunction), and Scottish Gaelic cuin (“when?”). Compare also Latin quando (“when?”), Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when?”).

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