Etymology

kistvaen

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Today it means: A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones. Full definition →

Welsh cistfaen
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  1. Welsh · borrowed fromcistfaen
  2. English todaykistvaen

From Welsh cistfaen, from cist (“chest”) + maen (“stone”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.