gwanwyn

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh gwaeanhwyn, from Old Welsh guiannuin, from Proto-Brythonic *gwehantuɨn (compare Cornish gwenton), enlargement of Proto-Celtic *wesantos, oblique case of *wesr- (compare Irish earrach), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (compare Latin vēr, Polish wiosna, Lithuanian vãsara (“summer”), Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá, “spring”), वसर् (vasar, “in the morning”, adverb)). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwanwɨ̞n/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwanwɪn/ Rhymes: -anʊɨ̯n === Noun === gwanwyn m (plural gwanwynau or gwanwyni) spring, springtime ==== Derived terms ==== gwanwynol (“vernal”) === See also === === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwanwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies