English
Newlyn
Newlyn comes from Cornish Lulynn.
- CornishmodernLulynn
- EnglishtodayNewlyn
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- CornishmodernLulynn
- EnglishtodayNewlyn
A compound of lu ‘fleet’ + lynn ‘pool’
Proto-Indo-European *slowgʰos
Proto-Celtic *slougos ‘troop, army’
Proto-Brythonic *llʉɣ ‘troop’
Old Cornish luu
Cornish lu ‘fleet’
Proto-Celtic *lindos ‘lake, liquid’
Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn
Cornish lynn ‘pool’
The story
Anglicized form of Cornish Lulynn, a toponym composed of the elements lu (‘fleet’) + lynn (‘pool’), from Old Cornish *lin, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *lindom.
Every English word from Cornish Lulynn
Today it means
name A coastal village and harbour in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4628).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cornish Lulynn / Newlyn