ffynnon

From Middle Welsh ffynnawn, from Old Welsh finnaun, fynnaun, from Proto-Brythonic *funtọn, a borrowing from Late Latin fontāna, ultimately from Latin fons. Cognate with Cornish fenten and Breton feunteun.

• (cy) IPA^(key): /ˈfənɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

ffynnon f (plural ffynhonnau, not mutable)

1. spring, fountain, well

   Synonym: tarddell

• berwr y ffynnon (“watercress”)
• clustlys llygad ffynnon (“marsh earwort”)
• ffynhonnell (“source, spring”)
• llys y ffynnon (“moneywort, creeping jenny”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffynnon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies