derow

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛrɔʊ]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛrɔ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *derwom, from Proto-Indo-European *derwóm, from *dóru. Cognate with Breton derv and Welsh derw.

Noun

derow (collective, singulative derowen f or derwen f)

1. oaks

   Synonym: deri

Etymology 2

Related to Middle Breton dezrou, Welsh dechrau (“start, beginning”), of which the second element could be related to Latin creo (“I grow, give existence to”).

Noun

derow m (plural derowyow)

1. beginning, start

Mutation

Mutation of derow

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
derow	dherow	unchanged	terow	terow

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