amlaethai
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From am- (“intensive prefix”) + llaeth (“milk”) + -ai (“noun suffix”). Possibly a calque of the genus name, which means "[giving] much milk", because the plant was once believed to induce milk production in dairy cows.
Noun
[edit]amlaethai m (plural amlaetheion)
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amlaethai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies