Breton

Noun

gwern ? ‎(plural gwernioù, singulative gwernenn)

1. alders

Noun

gwern f ‎(plural gwernioù)

1. mast
2. swamp

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish guern, from Proto-Brythonic [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Gaulish uerna, Old Irish fern and French vergne).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɛrn/

Noun

gwern ? ‎(singulative gwernen)

1. alders

Noun

1. mast
2. swamp

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Old Irish fern). Cognate with Old Armenian գերան ‎(geran) and Albanian verr ‎(“alder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɛrn/

Noun

gwern f ‎(singulative gwernen, plural gwerni or gwernydd or gwernau or gwernenni or gwernennau)

1. alder(s) (the wood of which resists decay in water); made of alder
   1. (nautical) mast of a ship
   2. (alder) stick, stave, shaft of a lance
2. alder grove, alder marsh, swamp, quagmire; damp meadow
   1. (sometimes figuratively) ****

Mutation

References

• “gwern” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.