caifn

== Welsh == === Alternative forms === ceifn === Etymology === From Middle Welsh keifn, from Proto-Brythonic *köβ̃n, from Proto-Celtic *kom-neɸūss, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, with”) + *népōts (“descendant; nephew”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kai̯vn/, [ˈkʰai̯vn̩] Rhymes: -ai̯vn === Noun === caifn m (plural ceifnaint) (obsolete) third or distant cousin (obsolete) relative or kinsman of the fourth degree ==== Derived terms ==== gorchaifn (“relative or kinsman of the fifth degree”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “caifn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies