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cynnydd

Pronunciation: /ˈkənɨ̞ð/

“cynnydd” is a Welsh word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. growth, rise, increase
  2. progress, development

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kynnyð, from Proto-Celtic *kom-sniy- (“to fight, to progress”, literally “spin together”), from *kom- (“with”) + the root underlying *sniyeti (“to spin”). Cognate with Old Irish con·sníu (“to fight”).

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