English

Gwendolen

Gwendolen comes from Welsh Gwendolen.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of gwen ‘white, fair, blessed’ + dolen ‘ring, bow, hair, brow’

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

Proto-Indo-European *windo-

Proto-Celtic *windos ‘white’

Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn ‘white’

Middle Welsh gwyn ‘white’

Welsh gwyn ‘white, fair, blessed’

Proto-Celtic *dolā

Proto-Brythonic *dol ‘meadow, dale’

Middle Welsh dol

Welsh dôl ‘dale, valley’

Welsh dolen ‘ring, bow, hair, brow’

Every English word from Welsh Gwendolen

name A female given name from Welsh.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.