Welsh glynu

← Proto-Celtic *glinati (inherited)

← Welsh glŷn (affix)

← Welsh -u (affix)

← Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (derived)

← Cornish glena (cognate)

← Old Irish glenaid (cognate)

← Middle Breton en-glenaff (cognate)

→ Welsh dilyn (compound)

→ Welsh canlyn (prefix)

→ Welsh adlynu (affix)

→ Welsh ymlynu (affix)

→ Welsh ynglŷn (mention)

→ Old Irish glenaid (cognate)