Cymry
/ˈkəm.rɨ/noun
The Welsh name for the Welsh people, especially as a national ethnonym.
Did you know?Cymry is the plural ethnonym behind the modern Welsh self-name, and it comes from a Brittonic form related to a root meaning “fellow countrymen” or “compatriots,” not from a mystical or occult source.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Celtic
PCelt
*kom-brogī
“fellow countrymen; people of the same land”
Brittonic
Brittonic
*Kombroges
“compatriots; people of the same region”
Old Welsh
OWelsh
Cymry
“the Welsh people”
Middle Welsh
MWelsh
Cymry
“the Welsh people; Welsh community”
Modern Welsh
Welsh
Cymry
“the Welsh people”