Din Eidyn
Old Welsh
Alternative forms
- Din Eiddyn
Etymology
From din (“hillfort”), from Proto-Brythonic *din, + Eidyn, Eiddyn, of unknown origin.
Related terms
- *Caer Eidyn
- Minit Eidyn
Descendants
- → Breton: Dinedin
- → Old English: *Edyn burg (calque)
- Middle English: Edynburgh, Edynburghe (see there for further descendants)
- → Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann, Dùn Éideann (calque)
- → English: Dunedin
- → Irish: Dún Éideann
- → Manx: Doon Edin
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