hen
Welsh (Colloquial)
/heːn/
adjective
Definitions
- old, aged; ancient, antique, pristine, former; inveterate, chronic; original; senior, elder
- stale, mouldy, musty, fusty
- unreformed, old, traditional (of style or mode of expressing dates according to the Julian Calendar); reckoned according to the Old Style (of festival)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *hen inherited from Proto-Celtic *senos (old) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (old).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sénos
Gloss
old
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
古, 老
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- senem Latin
- senex Latin
- senior, seniōrem Latin
- seniōrem Latin
- senīlis Latin
- Σένονες Ancient Greek
- ἕνος Ancient Greek
- *sénos Proto-Indo-European
- *sinīgaz Proto-Germanic
- sean Irish
- seanscéal Irish
- Hen Galan Welsh
- calan Welsh
- henaint Welsh
- hendad Welsh
- hendref Welsh
- hendrefa Welsh
- tad Welsh
- tref Welsh
- հին Old Armenian
- sen Old Irish
- senchas Old Irish
- sean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- shenn Manx
- shenn-chaaynt Manx
- shenn-cheaut Manx
- *senos Proto-Celtic
- *sánas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- senis Lithuanian
- hen Breton
- *senas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *hen Proto-Brythonic