Lloegr

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh Lloegyr; further etymology unknown, with various disparate theories. The Old North claims Matasović (2009) presents the most plausible hypothesis, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *lāikor (“warriors”), from *lāikos (“warrior”) (compare Old Irish láech, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“war”), and cognate with Hittite 𒆷𒄴𒄩𒀸 (la-aḫ-ḫa-aš /⁠laḫḫaš⁠/, “campaign”), Ancient Greek λᾱός (lāós, “army, folk”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɔɨ̯ɡr/, [ˈɬɔɨ̯ɡr̩]
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɬɔɨ̯ɡər/, /ɬɔɨ̯ɡar/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɔi̯ɡr/, [ˈɬɔi̯ɡr̩]
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɔi̯ɡɛr/

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Proper noun

Lloegr f

1. England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Derived terms

• Lloegr Newydd

Descendants

• → English: Logres

See also

• Sais
• Saesnes
• Saeson
• Saesneg

Mutation

Mutated forms of Lloegr

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Lloegr	Loegr	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Neil Whalley (2008–2015), “Lloegr: A discussion”, in The Old North‎^[1]
• Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 234–235

Further reading

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