Message: "Ethelwyn isn't Welsh"

[Opinions] Ethelwyn isn't Welsh

by Miranda (Randee15)

9/28/2004, 1:37 PM

It's Anglo-Saxon, composed of the elements æðel "noble" and wine "friend". As Ethelwin, it was born by a Bishop of Durham (1056-1071).

And the -wyn ending is technically strictly male in Welsh. -wen is feminine.

EDIT: Specified that -wyn/-wen is Welsh.

This message was edited 9/28/2004, 1:37 PM

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