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Welsh (Colloquial)

/dɨːn/, /diːn/

noun
Definitions
  • folk, folks
  • man
  • person (male or female)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *dün inherited from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (human, person) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (earthling, human).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰǵʰm̥mō

Gloss

earthling, human

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