English
Port Quin
Port Quin comes from Cornish Porth Gwynn.
- CornishmodernPorth Gwynnliterally ‘white cove’
- EnglishtodayPort Quin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- CornishmodernPorth Gwynnliterally ‘white cove’
- EnglishtodayPort Quin
A compound of porth ‘harbour’ + gwynn ‘white’
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare’
Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‘crossing’
Proto-Italic *portus ‘harbour’
Latin portus ‘harbour’
Proto-Brythonic *porθ ‘port, harbor’
Old Cornish porth
Middle Cornish porh
Cornish porth ‘harbour’
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
Proto-Indo-European *windo-
Proto-Celtic *windos ‘white’
Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn ‘white’
Old Cornish guyn
Cornish gwynn ‘white’
Every English word from Cornish Porth Gwynn
Today it means
name A hamlet and cove in St Endellion parish, on the north coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9780)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cornish Porth Gwynn / Port Quin