Etymology

Cymru

Cym·ru
C3Y4M3R1U1

Today it means: Synonym of Wales: a constituent country of the United Kingdom. Full definition →

Welsh Cymr ← Middle Welsh Kymry ← Proto-Brythonic *kömroɣ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Celtic*kom-
  4. Proto-Brythonic*köβ̃-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mórǵs
  6. Proto-Celtic*mrogis
  7. Proto-Brythonic*broɣ
  8. Proto-Brythonic*kombrogis
  9. Proto-Brythonic*kömroɣ
  10. Middle WelshKymry
  11. WelshCymr
  12. English todayCymru

Borrowed from Welsh Cymru. Doublet of Cambria, Cumberland, and Cumbria.

Words from the same roots

WelshCymru all →

Cymriccymrite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.