ynys
Welsh (Colloquial)
/ˈənɨ̞s/, /ˈənɪs/
noun
Definitions
- island
- piece of land, realm, territory
Etymology
Inherited from Old Welsh inis inherited from Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs inherited from Proto-Celtic *enistī (standing in, island).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*enistī
Gloss
standing in, island
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
島
Emoji
🏝️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ennis English
- Hafodyrynys English
- Majorca English
- insulitis English
- *isula Latin
- insula Latin
- Maiorca Italian
- isolare Italian
- Majorque French
- Canarias Spanish, Castilian
- isla Spanish, Castilian
- *en- Proto-Indo-European
- insulin Norwegian Bokmål
- isolere Norwegian Bokmål
- Maiorca Portuguese
- insulin Norwegian Nynorsk
- isolera Norwegian Nynorsk
- isolere Norwegian Nynorsk
- inis Irish
- leithinis Irish
- inzula Czech
- Ysla Old French
- ille Old French
- isle Old French
- Illas Canarias Galician
- hafod Welsh
- ynysig Welsh
- yr Welsh
- inis Old Irish
- innis Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- innis Manx
- insh Manx
- *enistī Proto-Celtic
- enez Breton
- Insel Low German
- enys Cornish
- *ɨnɨs Proto-Brythonic
- îlle Bourguignon
- Insel Plautdietsch
- inis Old Welsh
- illa Old Catalan