English
gunnies
Gunnies comes from Cornish gonis, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *uɸo-gniyeti.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*uɸo-gniyetireconstructed
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*gwöɣnɨðɨdreconstructed
- Middle Cornishmoderngonetheff
- Cornishmoderngonis
- Englishearliest quotation 1911gunnies
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*uɸo-gniyetireconstructed
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*gwöɣnɨðɨdreconstructed
- Middle Cornishmoderngonetheff
- Cornishmoderngonis
- Englishearliest quotation 1911gunnies
Earliest quotation: 1911, Mining Journal: “At the mines of Bruay the gunnies are filled…”
Every English word from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-gniyeti
Today it means
noun A vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *uɸo-gniyeti / gunnies