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If you’re dreaming of a Welsh name with a strong meaning, this one means “young warrior.” 129. Gwanwyn. Seasonal names of Welsh origin are always special. This one actually means “spring ...
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Old Welsh (Welsh: Hen Gymraeg) is the stage of the Welsh language from about 800 AD until the early 12th century when it developed into Middle Welsh. [1] The preceding period, from the time Welsh became distinct from Common Brittonic around 550, has been called "Primitive" [ 1 ] or "Archaic Welsh".
The word Welsh is a descendant, via Old English wealh, wielisc, of the Proto-Germanic word *Walhaz, which was derived from the name of the Celtic people known to the Romans as Volcae and which came to refer to speakers of Celtic languages, and then indiscriminately to the people of the Western Roman Empire.
In the Book of Aneirin, a poem entitled "Peis Dinogat" (possibly set in the Lake District of Cumbria), contains a usage of the word penn "head" (attached to the names of several animals hunted by the protagonist), that is unique in medieval Welsh literature and may, according to Koch, reflect Cumbric influence ("[r]eferring to a single animal ...