houad

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Breton[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Breton houat, from Proto-Brythonic *(s)awjetos (compare Cornish hos, Welsh hwyad), from Proto-Celtic *awis (compare dialectal Irish aoi (swan)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (bird) (compare Latin avis).

Noun[edit]

houad m

  1. duck