The story
- Cumbric · derived from*brınn“hill”
- Welsh · derived frombryn“hill, mound”
- English todayBryn
From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”), or Cumbric *brınn (“hill”) in the Greater Manchester place-name.
Words from the same roots
Welshbryn all →
Brynamman
Cumbric*brınn all →
Brinns
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.