peuns

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish puns, borrowed from Old English pund, from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, itself borrowed from Latin pondus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-os. Compare Welsh punt.

Noun

peuns m (plural peunsow)

1. pound (currency unit)

See also

• diner (“penny”)
• euro (“euro”)

Mutation

Mutation of peuns

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
peuns	beuns	feuns	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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

References

• “peuns” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.