dryw

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /drɪu̯/, /drɨu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /drɪu̯/

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); see Scottish Gaelic dàir. For similar sense development, compare Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos, “Egyptian plover”) from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).

Cognate with Old Irish dreän (“wren”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (modern English wren).

Dryw

Noun

dryw m or f by sense (plural drywod)

1. wren, jenny wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

   Synonyms: dryw bach, chwynnwr, powlin bach, pompen

Mutation

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

Derived terms

• dryw eurben (“goldcrest”)
• hela'r dryw (“hunting the wren”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh dryw, from Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to see, to know”), hence meaning "tree-knower".

Noun

dryw m (plural drywon)

1. druid, seer

Mutation

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

Etymology 3

Noun

dryw m

1. Soft mutation of tryw.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tryw	dryw	nhryw	thryw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.