Old English · proper noun
Cædmon
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈkæd.mon/
- Syllables
- ˈkæd · mon (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- caedmon
Meaning
-
a male given name from Proto-Brythonic
-
a famous Northumbrian poet, the author of Cædmon's Hymn
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus Proto-Celtic *katus Proto-Indo-European *mendyos Proto-Celtic *mandus Proto-Celtic *Katumandus Proto-Brythonic *Kadβ̃annbor. Old English Cædmon Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *Kadβ̃ann, from Proto-Celtic *Katumandus (literally “battle-pony”).
Descendants
caedmon
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