glin

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glin, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos (compare Old Irish glún), dissimilated from *gnūn-, *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡliːn/

Noun

glin m (plural glinoù, dual daoulin)

1. (anatomy) knee

Mutation

Mutation of glin

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	glin	c'hlin	unchanged	klin
plural	glinoù	c'hlinoù	unchanged	klinoù

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glin, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos (compare Old Irish glún), dissimilated from *gnūn-, *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡliːn]

Noun

glin m (dual dewlin, plural glinyow)

1. knee

Mutation

Mutation of glin

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
glin	lin	unchanged	klin	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.