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wnc.

proximity, nearness

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʊŋk/

  1. proximity, nearness

    masculine · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh wnc (“near, nigh”), from Proto-Brythonic *unk, from Proto-Celtic *onkus (“near”) (whence Old Irish oc (“at”)).

adj/ʊŋk/

  1. near, close, nigh

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh wnc (“near, nigh”), from Proto-Brythonic *unk, from Proto-Celtic *onkus (“near”) (whence Old Irish oc (“at”)).

prep/ʊŋk/

  1. near, nigh

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh wnc (“near, nigh”), from Proto-Brythonic *unk, from Proto-Celtic *onkus (“near”) (whence Old Irish oc (“at”)).

adv/ʊŋk/

  1. here, present

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh wnc (“near, nigh”), from Proto-Brythonic *unk, from Proto-Celtic *onkus (“near”) (whence Old Irish oc (“at”)).

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