dowan

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish domun, from Proto-Celtic *dubnos (“the deep; the world”) (compare Welsh dwfn (“deep, depth; the world”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”).

Noun

dowan m

  1. world, earth
  2. universe

Derived terms
  • dowan-lheead
  • dowan-liurid
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