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wng.

closeness, nearness

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʊŋ/

  1. closeness, nearness

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

adj/ʊŋ/

  1. close, near

    obsolete

  2. straight

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

adv/ʊŋ/

  1. here

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

prep/ʊŋ/

  1. near, nigh

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

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