cenedl

Welsh (Colloquial)

/ˈkɛnɛdl/, /ˈkeːnɛdl/

noun
Definitions
  • nation
  • tribe, clan, kindred
  • generation
  • (Bible) gentile
  • (grammar) gender (of nouns)
  • sort, species, kind
  • ethnicity

Etymology

Inherited from Old Welsh kenedel (kindred, family to the ninth degree of kinship) inherited from Proto-Celtic *kenetlom (family, nation, race) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (ashes, dust, new, fresh, begin, pinch, scratch, press, cut, kink, buckle, arise, rub, bend, scrape).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ken-

Gloss

ashes, dust, new, fresh, begin, pinch, scratch, press, cut, kink, buckle, arise, rub, bend, scrape

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

始

Emoji

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