deifio

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Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Welsh deifyaw, from Proto-Brythonic *dėβjɨd (compare Cornish dewi, Breton deviñ) for which Matasović provides two etymologies:

  1. from Proto-Celtic *dauyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (kindle, burn) (compare Tocharian A twās, Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō))[1]
  2. from Proto-Celtic *degʷyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn)[2]

By surface analysis, daif +‎ -io.

Verb[edit]

deifio (first-person singular present deifiaf)

  1. to scorch, singe
    Synonym: cochi
  2. to blast
  3. to blight
Conjugation[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]

From English dive +‎ -io.[3]

Verb[edit]

deifio (first-person singular present deifiaf)

  1. to dive
    Synonyms: plymio, dowcio

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*daw-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*degʷi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “deifio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies