llo

See also: LLO

Welsh

Etymology

From misdivision (llo-eau) of plural lloeau, from Middle Welsh lloe, from Proto-Celtic *laygos (compare Cornish leugh, Breton leue, Old Irish lóeg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁leyg- (“to jump”) (compare English lark (“to frolic”), Lithuanian láigyti (“to run around wildly”)). Alternatively from Proto-Celtic *lāɸigos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”) (compare Albanian lopë).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬoː/

Noun

llo m (plural lloi or lloeau)

1. calf (young cow)

Mutation

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