cliniadur

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “while plausible, is the etymology below evidenced anywhere?”) From dialectal clin (“knee”) +‎ -iadur, folk-etymological alteration of cengliadur.

Noun

cliniadur m (plural cliniaduron)

1. alternative form of cengliadur (“winding reel, yarnwindle”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cliniadur

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cliniadur	gliniadur	nghliniadur	chliniadur

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

Further reading

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