buwch

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Welsh buch, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉx, in turn modified from *bʉ (cow) under the influence of other animal names ending with *-x, such as *bux (goat), *hux (pig), *mox (pigs) (compare Breton buoc’h, Cornish bugh), from Proto-Celtic *bāus (ox) (compare Middle Welsh bu, Old Irish ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buwch f (plural buchod)

  1. cow

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
buwch fuwch muwch unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.