ystaen

== Welsh == === Alternative forms === staen === Etymology === From Middle Welsh ystaen, from Proto-Brythonic *staɨn, from Proto-Celtic *stagnom. Cognate with Breton staen, Cornish sten, Irish stán, Manx stainney, and Scottish Gaelic staoin. === Noun === ystaen m (uncountable) tin, pewter ==== Synonyms ==== (tin): tun, alcam (pewter): piwter ==== Derived terms ==== ystaenwydr (“bismuth”) === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ystaen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies