llechwedd
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Compare the Gaulish tribe Lexovii and Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “bent, crooked, slanted”).
Noun[edit]
llechwedd m (plural llechweddau)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llechwedd | lechwedd | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, éditions Errance, 2003, p. 200.
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llechwedd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 844, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 844