Words for round in Celtic languages.
Proto-Celtic | *krundis = round |
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Old Irish (Goídelc) | cruind, cruinn = round |
Irish (Gaeilge) | cruinn [kɾˠiːnʲ / kɾˠɪn̠ʲ] = round; gathered; exact, accurate; clear, coherent; concentrated; frugal, sparing, miserly |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | cruinn [krɯin̪ʲ] = round, circular, spherical; rotund; neat, succinct, well-formed; assembled, gathered together |
Manx (Gaelg) | cruinn = accurate, detailed, unambigous, round, spherical, circular, circumstantial, compact, consummate, exact, scrupulous, strict |
Proto-Brythonic | *krunn = round |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | crwn [krʊn] = round, circular, rotund, spherical, globular; cylindrical; fat, plump, fleshy; complete, entire; young, small |
Cornish (Kernewek) | krenn = round |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | krenn = medium, clean, full, round, |
Etymology: unknown, possibly borrowed from a non-Indo-European language [Source].
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
Sources: Wiktionary, , Am Faclair Beag, MacBain’s Dictionary, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old-Irish Glossary, teanglann.ie, On-Line Manx Dictionary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionnaire Favereau
Would you assume here any connection to “crown” (lat. corona)?
Crown in Welsh is coron, which comes from the Latin corōna (garland, chaplet, laurel, wreath, crown). The English word crown comes from the same root, via Anglo-Norman.
I don’t think either word is related to these words for round.