llan

Welsh (Colloquial)

/ɬan/

noun
Definitions
  • (parish) church, parish
  • a monastery
  • churchyard; enclosure, yard
  • small town or village

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh llann inherited from Proto-Brythonic *llann inherited from Proto-Celtic *landā (space, land) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (land, heath, cook food, kidney, loin, loins, waist, expand, penetrate, enter, cook).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lendʰ-

Gloss

land, heath, cook food, kidney, loin, loins, waist, expand, penetrate, enter, cook

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

炊

Emoji

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