tolch

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Welsh

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “GPC doesn't give an etymology. This looks like it's from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (to thicken, be solid), perhaps from an intermediate with form similar to *ténkl̥-. If so, then cognate with Persian تلخ (talx, bitter), Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc, to contract, coagulate), तक्र (takra, buttermilk mixed with (a third part of) water), Lithuanian tánkus (thick, dense), and Icelandic þél (buttermilk).”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tolch m (plural tolchau or tolchion)

  1. clot, blood clot, thrombus, coagulation

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tolch dolch nholch tholch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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